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A theoretical study of the coherent backscattering effect of light from disordered semi-infinite media is presented for various situations including time-dependent effects as well as absorption and amplitude modulation. Particular attention is devoted to the case of anisotropic scattering and to polarization in order to explain quantitatively experimental results. A microscopic derivation of the coherent albedo is given which strongly supports the heuristic formula previously established. In addition the coherent albedo of a fractal system is predicted. The validity of the different approximations used are discussed and some further theoretical developments are presented.
Akkermans et al. (1988) studied this question.