ISSN:
1572-9613
Keywords:
radiative transport
;
waves in random media
;
Wigner distribution
;
semiclassical limits
;
Bloch waves
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract We derive radiative transport equations for solutions of a Schrödinger equation in a periodic structure with small random inhomogeneities. We use systematically the Wigner transform and the Bloch wave expansion. The streaming part of the radiative transport equations is determined entirely by the Bloch spectrum, and the scattering part by the random fluctuations.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1004598015978