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    • Optics and Photonics
    • Disordered Media Physics

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    • Wavefront shaping enables control over light reflection from complex media.
    • Disordered media exhibit unique optical properties due to scattering.
    • Absorption effects in such systems are not fully understood.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To numerically model and experimentally verify the influence of absorption on wavefront-shaping controlled reflection.
    • To investigate how absorption modifies key optical properties of disordered media.
    • To determine the impact of absorption on the efficiency of controlled reflection.

    Main Methods:

    • Numerical modeling of light propagation and reflection in absorbing disordered media.
    • Development and application of wavefront shaping techniques.
    • Experimental verification of the numerical model's predictions.

    Main Results:

    • Absorption was found to modify the reflection eigenvalue density.
    • The average reflectance and reflection matrix element density are altered by absorption.
    • Crucially, the efficiency of wavefront-shaping controlled reflection remains invariant with absorption.

    Conclusions:

    • Wavefront shaping remains an effective technique for controlling light reflection even in the presence of absorption.
    • The study provides a validated model for understanding light-matter interactions in absorbing disordered systems.
    • Findings have implications for designing optical devices and manipulating light in lossy materials.