title: Coherence effects in scattering systems of two interacting dipoles at resonance.
abstract: Coherence effects in the backward-scattering direction, such as enhanced backscattering (EBS) and the appearance of a negative polarization branch (NPB), are investigated for a simple scattering system composed of two dipolelike particles separated by a fixed distance. The influence on these effects of coupling resonances between the particles is analyzed. The appearance of these coherent phenomena (EBS and NPB) and their relationship as a function of the optical properties of the particles (polarizability) and particle separation are also studied.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física Aplicada, Grupo de Optica, Universidad de Cantabria, Avenida de los Castros, 39005 Santander, Spain. morenof@unican.es
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Merchiers
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: González