Light scattering from deformed droplets and droplets with inclusions. II. Theoretical treatment

We provide theoretical results from the scattering of light by deformed liq uid droplets and droplets with inclusions. With improved instrumentation an d computer technologies available, researchers are able to employ two-dimen sional angular optical scattering as a tool for analyzing such particle sys tems and which then could be applied in industrial, occupational, and milit ary aerosol measurement. We present numerically calculated spatial light-sc attering data from various droplet morphologies. We describe characteristic features of the theoretical data and compare these with the experimental r esults. (C) 2000 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: 290.0290, 290.5850.