Multiple scattering by random particulate media: exact 3D results

We use the numerically exact superposition T-matrix method to perform extensive computations of electromagnetic scattering by a 3D volume filled with randomly distributed wavelength-sized particles. These computations are used to simulate and analyze the effect of randomness of particle positions as...

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Published in:Optics express 2007-03, Vol.15 (6), p.2822-2836
Main Authors: Mishchenko, Michael I, Liu, Li, Mackowski, Daniel W, Cairns, Brian, Videen, Gorden
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Language:English
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Summary:We use the numerically exact superposition T-matrix method to perform extensive computations of electromagnetic scattering by a 3D volume filled with randomly distributed wavelength-sized particles. These computations are used to simulate and analyze the effect of randomness of particle positions as well as the onset and evolution of various multiple-scattering effects with increasing number of particles in a statistically homogeneous volume of discrete random medium. Our exact results illustrate and substantiate the methodology underlying the microphysical theories of radiative transfer and coherent backscattering. Furthermore, we show that even in densely packed media, the light multiply scattered along strings of widely separated particles still provides a significant contribution to the total scattered signal and thereby makes quite pronounced the classical radiative transfer and coherent backscattering effects.
ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/OE.15.002822