Diffuse and coherent backscattering of polarized light: Polarization ratios for a discrete random medium composed of nonspherical particles

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 106, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 21-32

  Dlugach, Janna M ^a   Mishchenko, Michael I ^b  

^a NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherent backscattering; Multiple scattering; Nonspherical particles; Polarization; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; COHERENT LIGHT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MULTIPLE SCATTERING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VECTORS;

COHERENT BACKSCATTERING; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLES; OPTICAL THICKNESS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

BACKSCATTER; OPTICAL PROPERTY; POLARIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 34247492451     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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