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Impact of Strong Scattering Resonances on Ballistic and Diffusive Wave Transport
Benoit Tallon1, Thomas Brunet1, John H Page2
1I2M, Université de Bordeaux-CNRS-Bordeaux INP, Talence F-33405, France.
Abstract:
The strong impact of scattering resonances on all the key transport parameters of classical waves in disordered media is demonstrated through ultrasonic experiments on monodisperse emulsions. Through accurate measurements of both ballistic and diffusive transport over a wide range of frequencies, we show that the group velocity is large near sharp resonances, whereas the energy velocity (as well as the diffusion coefficient) is significantly slowed down by resonant scattering delay. Excellent agreement between theory and experiment is found, elucidating the effects of resonant scattering on wave transport in both acoustics and optics.
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