Effective scattering cross section of an assembly of small ellipsoidal particles

Authors
Goncharenko, AV Semenov, YG Venger, EF
Citation
Av. Goncharenko et al., Effective scattering cross section of an assembly of small ellipsoidal particles, J OPT SOC A, 16(3), 1999, pp. 517-522
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA A-OPTICS IMAGE SCIENCE AND VISION
ISSN journal
10847529 → ACNP
Volume
16
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
517 - 522
Database
ISI
SICI code
1084-7529(199903)16:3<517:ESCSOA>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A model of light scattering from an assembly of small shape-distributed ell ipsoidal particles is considered. The three principal assumptions used are the neglect of multiple scattering, the dipole polarizability, and the equi probable distribution for the ellipsoid depolarization factors. These assum ptions enabled us to find analytically the effective cross section for ligh t scattering. (That for light absorption was found in a similar way by Gonc harenko et al. [J. Opt. Sec. Am. B 13, 2392 (1996)]). The solution obtained is analyzed for some special cases, in particular for low and no absorptio n. (C) 1999 Optical Society of America [S0740-3232(99)01303-4].