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Mesoscopic Light Scattering in Atomic Physics

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Coherent atomic matter waves

Part of the book series: Les Houches - Ecole d’Ete de Physique Theorique ((LHSUMMER,volume 72))

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The recognition of wave propagation in daily life goes back a long time ago. The first serious mathematical descriptions - put forward in the context of light propagation - were due to Huygens (1690), who formulated the famous Huygens’ principle and Fresnel (1810) who derived this principle from a wave equation. With the formulation of Maxwell’s equations for electromagnetic waves by the end of the 19th century, the wave concept found its first spectacular application in physics.

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van Tiggelen, B.A. (2001). Mesoscopic Light Scattering in Atomic Physics. In: Kaiser, R., Westbrook, C., David, F. (eds) Coherent atomic matter waves. Les Houches - Ecole d’Ete de Physique Theorique, vol 72. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45338-5_5

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