Polarization of light backscattered by wavelength-scale particles
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| Title | Polarization of light backscattered by wavelength-scale particles |
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| Abstract | We analyze angular dependencies of light scattered by wavelength-scale particles into the backscattering regime, that is, into scattering angles θ ≥ 90°. We consider spherical and cubic particles, oblate and prolate spheroidal particles, as well as clusters of spherical particles, all with equal-volume-sphere size parameters within 4 ≤ x ≤ 10 and refractive indices within 1.1 ≤ m ≤ 2.0. We offer interference-based explanations for the angular dependencies of the scattered intensity, degree of linear polarization for unpolarized incident light, and the depolarization ratio. |
| Publisher | Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti |
| Date | 2011-09-15 |
| Source | 0365-0359 |
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