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Mishchenko et al. 2004
, J.W. Hovenier, and D.W. Mackowski, 2004: Single scattering by a small volume element. J. Opt. Soc. Amer. A, 21, 71-87, doi:10.1364/JOSAA.21.000071.
Starting from first principles, we present a detailed analysis of the concept of single scattering of light by a small volume element filled with sparsely and randomly positioned particles. We first derive the formulas of the far-field single-scattering approximation, which treats the volume element as a single scatterer, and discuss its range of applicability, using for illustration exact T-matrix results for randomly oriented two-sphere clusters. Our second approach is to treat the volume element as a small cloud of particles and apply the so-called first-order-scattering approximation. We demonstrate that although the two approaches are based on somewhat different sets of assumptions, they give essentially the same result for the electromagnetic response of a sufficiently distant polarization-sensitive detector.
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@article{mi08800u, author={Mishchenko, M. I. and Hovenier, J. W. and Mackowski, D. W.}, title={Single scattering by a small volume element}, year={2004}, journal={Journal of the Optical Society of America A}, volume={21}, pages={71--87}, doi={10.1364/JOSAA.21.000071}, }
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TY - JOUR ID - mi08800u AU - Mishchenko, M. I. AU - Hovenier, J. W. AU - Mackowski, D. W. PY - 2004 TI - Single scattering by a small volume element JA - J. Opt. Soc. Amer. A JO - Journal of the Optical Society of America A VL - 21 SP - 71 EP - 87 DO - 10.1364/JOSAA.21.000071 ER -
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