eigenchannel

English

Etymology

eigen- +‎ channel

Noun

eigenchannel (plural eigenchannels)

1. (physics) The superposition of coupled physical channels with a common phase (the eigenphase).
   • 2015, Yuchen Xu, Hao Zhang, Yujun Lin, Heyuan Zhu, “Light transport behaviours in quasi-1D disordered waveguides composed of random photonic lattices”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     The calculation of the diffusion coefficient and the energy density profile of the most transmitted eigenchannel clearly exhibits the transition of transport behaviour from diffusion to localization..