Can simple particle shapes be used to model scalar optical properties of an ensemble of wavelength-sized particles with complex shapes?

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

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 521-531

  Kahnert, F Michael ^a   Stamnes, Jakob J ^a   Stamnes, Knut ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT SCATTERING;

PARTICLE SHAPES;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ARTICLE; OPTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS;

EID: 0036512494     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.19.000521     Document Type: Article

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