Transport Mean Free Path for Magneto-Transverse Light Diffusion

TL;DR

This paper derives an expression linking the magneto-transverse diffusion of light in multiple scattering media to the scattering properties of individual Faraday-active particles, advancing understanding of magneto-optical effects in complex media.

Contribution

It provides a novel analytical expression for the transport mean free path associated with magneto-transverse light diffusion in random media with Faraday-active scatterers.

Findings

Derived an explicit formula for $\, ext{ell}^*_ot$

Connected multiple scattering diffusion to single scatterer properties

Enhances understanding of magneto-optical light transport

Abstract

We derive an expression for the transport mean free path $\ell^*_\perp$ associated with magneto-transverse light diffusion for a random collection of Faraday-active Mie scatterers. This expression relates the magneto-transverse diffusion in multiple scattering directly to the magneto-transverse scattering of a single scatterer.