Radiative transfer theory for vacuum fluctuations
| dc.creator | Mishchenko, E. G. | |
| dc.creator | Beenakker, C. W. J. | |
| dc.date | 1999-07-06 | |
| dc.date | 1999-10-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T03:13:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T03:13:50Z | |
| dc.description | A semiclassical kinetic theory is presented for the fluctuating photon flux emitted by a disordered medium in thermal equilibrium. The kinetic equation is the optical analog of the Boltzmann-Langevin equation for electrons. Vacuum fluctuations of the electromagnetic field provide a new source of fluctuations in the photon flux, over and above the fluctuations due to scattering. The kinetic theory in the diffusion approximation is applied to the super-Poissonian noise due to photon bunching and to the excess noise due to beating of incident radiation with the vacuum fluctuations. | |
| dc.description | 4 pages, 2 figures, revised version according to referee's comments | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9907080 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9907080 | |
| dc.identifier | Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 5475 (1999) | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.5475 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/29454 | |
| dc.subject | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics | |
| dc.subject | Quantum Physics | |
| dc.title | Radiative transfer theory for vacuum fluctuations | |
| dc.type | text |