Transport mean free path for magneto-transverse light diffusion: an alternative approach

This paper presents a derivation of the transport mean free path for magneto-transverse light diffusion, ℓ*_⊥, in an arbitrary random mixture of Faraday-active and non-Faraday-active Mie scatterers. This derivation is based on the standard radiative transfer equation. The expression of the transport mean free path obtained previously from the Bethe-Salpeter equation, for the case where only Faraday-active scatterers are present, is recovered. This simpler formulation can include the case of homogeneous mixtures of Faraday-active and non-Faraday-active scatterers.