Title

On the extinction of radiation by a homogeneous but spatially correlated random medium: reply to comment

Authors

Alexander Kostinski, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow

Document Type

Response or Comment

Publication Date

7-26-2002

Abstract

In response to comments by Borovoi [J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 19, 2517 (2002)] on my earlier work [J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 18, 1929 (2001)], the kinetic approach to extinction is compared with the traditional radiative transfer formalism and advantages of the former are illustrated with concrete examples. It is pointed out that the basic differential equation dI(l)=-cσI(l)dl" role="presentation" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-size: 12.88px; line-height: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: none; min-width: 0px; min-height: 0px; border: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; position: relative;">d𝐼(𝑙)=−𝑐𝜎𝐼(𝑙)d𝑙dI(l)=-cσI(l)dlalready implies perfect randomness (absence of correlations) on small scales. One of the consequences is that the extinction of radiation in a negatively correlated random medium cannot be treated within the traditional framework. This limits the usefulness of the Jensen inequality. Also, simple counterexamples to theorems given in the first reference above and in Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR , 276, 1374 (1984) are presented.

Publisher's Statement

© 2002 Optical Society of America. Publisher’s version of record: https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.19.002521

Publication Title

Journal of the Optical Society of America A

Recommended Citation

Kostinski, A. (2002). On the extinction of radiation by a homogeneous but spatially correlated random medium: reply to comment. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 19(12), 2521-2525. http://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.19.002521
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