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The transport of light in complex dielectric materials is a rich and fascinating topic of research. With complex dielectrics we intend dielectric structures with an index of refraction that has variations on a length scales that is very roughly comparable to the wavelength. Such structures strongly scatter light. A possible building block for constructing a complex dielectric is a micro sphere of diameter comparable to the wavelength and of a certain refractive index that is different from its surrounding medium. The single scattering from such a sphere has a rich structure due to internal resonances in the sphere, but its behaviour is well-understood and can be calculated using the formalism of Mie-scattering [1]. A complex dielectric material can then be realized by micro-assembly of several micro spheres.
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Wiersma, D.S. et al. (2003). Light Transport in Complex Photonic Systems. In: van Tiggelen, B.A., Skipetrov, S.E. (eds) Wave Scattering in Complex Media: From Theory to Applications. NATO Science Series, vol 107. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0227-1_1
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