FLUCTUATIONS OF LIGHT SCATTERED BY FRACTAL CLUSTERS

Fluctuations in light scattering from a finite ensemble of fractal clu sters are studied numerically and theoretically is shown that, for a w ide range of wavelengths and angles, relative fluctuations in the scat tered intensity are very close to 1 and do not depend on the number of monomers N in fractal clusters (whereas they are proportional to 1/ro ot N for trivial clusters). The relations describing fluctuations in t he light scattering are suggested; they can be used to extract importa nt information about properties and parameters of fractal pollutants i n the atmosphere. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.