NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF T-MATRIX SOLUTION FOR POLARIZED BISTATIC SCATTERING FROM A CLUSTER OF SCATTERERS

As the scatterer size is comparable with the wavelength, a rigorous so lution of the T-matrix is used to calculate scattering from the scatte rer. When scatterers are clustered, coherence of collective scattering from clustered particles must be taken into account. We employ a mult iple scattering formulation of the T-matrix method to present numerica l simulations of polarized bistatic scattering from a cluster of scatt erers. Numerical results show characteristic effects of polarized scat tering by clustered particles and functional dependence on clustering and other parameters. Numerical calculations are well-compared with ex perimental data of a two-sphere cluster.