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Yang et al. 2011
Yang, P., M. Wendisch, L. Bi, G. Kattawar,
, and Y. Hu, 2011: Dependence of extinction cross-section on incident polarization state and particle orientation. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 112, 2035-2039, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2011.04.012.This note reports on the effects of the polarization state of an incident quasi-monochromatic parallel beam of radiation and the orientation of a hexagonal ice particle with respect to the incident direction on the extinction process. When the incident beam is aligned with the six-fold rotational symmetry axis, the extinction is independent of the polarization state of the incident light. For other orientations, the extinction cross-section for linearly polarized light can be either larger or smaller than its counterpart for an unpolarized incident beam. Therefore, the attenuation of a quasi-monochromatic radiation beam by an ice cloud depends on the polarization state of the beam if ice crystals within the cloud are not randomly oriented. Furthermore, a case study of the extinction of light by a quartz particle is also presented to illustrate the dependence of the extinction cross-section on the polarization state of the incident light.
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@article{ya05100g, author={Yang, P. and Wendisch, M. and Bi, L. and Kattawar, G. and Mishchenko, M. and Hu, Y.}, title={Dependence of extinction cross-section on incident polarization state and particle orientation}, year={2011}, journal={J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer}, volume={112}, pages={2035--2039}, doi={10.1016/j.jqsrt.2011.04.012}, }
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TY - JOUR ID - ya05100g AU - Yang, P. AU - Wendisch, M. AU - Bi, L. AU - Kattawar, G. AU - Mishchenko, M. AU - Hu, Y. PY - 2011 TI - Dependence of extinction cross-section on incident polarization state and particle orientation JA - J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer VL - 112 SP - 2035 EP - 2039 DO - 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2011.04.012 ER -
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