Journal of Statistical Physics, Vol. 56, Nos. 5/6, 1989, p. 669-680.
Experimental signatures of classical wave localization in the absence and in the
presence of attenuation are analyzed. The different regimes of the attenuation,
reflection, and transmission coefficients for the "diffusive" and "localized"
regimes are discussed. Apparent contradictory results presented previously by
John and Anderson on the renormalization of absorption by localization are
reconciled and shown to apply to different situations.