Localization of light in a disordered medium
10.1038/37757
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Wiersma, D. S., Bartolini, P., Lagendijk, A., & Righini, R. (1997). Localization of light in a disordered medium. Nature, 390(6661), 671–673.

Authors 4
  1. Diederik S. Wiersma (first)
  2. Paolo Bartolini (additional)
  3. Ad Lagendijk (additional)
  4. Roberto Righini (additional)
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