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Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 113901 (2004) [4 pages]

Dynamics of Weakly Localized Waves

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S. E. Skipetrov* and B. A. van Tiggelen
Laboratoire de Physique et Modélisation des Milieux Condensés/CNRS,Maison des Magistères, Université Joseph Fourier, 38042 Grenoble, France

Received 16 September 2003; published 15 March 2004

We develop a transport theory to describe the dynamics of (weakly) localized waves in a quasi-1D tube geometry both in reflection and in transmission. We compare our results to recent experiments with microwaves and to other theories, such as random matrix theory and supersymmetric theory.

© 2004 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.113901
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.113901
PACS:
42.25.Dd, 78.90.+t

*Electronic address: Sergey.Skipetrov@grenoble.cnrs.fr

Electronic address: Bart.Van-Tiggelen@grenoble.cnrs.fr