Random light scattering by collections of ellipsoids
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Scattering And Absorption of Light in Planetary Regoliths
Published on: July 1, 2019
Zhangrong Mei1, Olga Korotkova
1Department of Physics, Huzhou Teachers College, Huzhou 313000, China. meizhangrong@yahoo.com
Abstract:
Theory of weak scattering of random optical fields from deterministic collections of particles with soft ellipsoidal scattering potentials of arbitrary shapes and orientations is developed. Far-field intensity distribution produced on scattering is shown to be influenced by source correlation properties as well as by a number, shapes and orientations of scatterers. The theory extends previous results on scattering from collections of spheres with soft Gaussian potentials and is applicable to analysis of a wide range of media including blood cells.
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