We consider the scattering of a finite beam of radiation in a random medium with a nonhomogeneous background that contains linear and quadratic variation. We assume that both the fluctuations in the random medium and the background nonhomogeneity are weak. We obtain general expressions for the coherence function and intensity distribution. We present explicit solutions in the multiple scattering region. Results are compared to the case in which the background is homogeneous.
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