Effective scattering cross section of an assembly of small ellipsoidal particles

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 517-522

  Goncharenko, A V ^a   Semenov, Yu G ^a   Venger, E F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; INTEGRATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PERMITTIVITY;

ELLIPSOID DEPOLARIZATION FACTORS; SHAPE DISTRIBUTION EFFECT; TAYLOR APPROXIMATION;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0033089457     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.16.000517     Document Type: Article

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