Coherent backscattering: Conceptions and misconceptions (reply to comments by Bruce W. Hapke and Robert M. Nelson)

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 645-649

  Tishkovets, Victor P ^a   Mishchenko, Michael I ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF RADIO ASTRONOMY   (Ukraine)

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

Author keywords

Coherent backscattering; Electromagnetic scattering; Planetary surfaces; Radiative transfer; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

COHERENT BACKSCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING; PLANETARY SURFACES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING;

BACKSCATTERING;

BACKSCATTER; PLANETARY SURFACE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 72249096697     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. Tishkovets V.P., and Mishchenko M.I. Approximate calculation of coherent backscattering for semi-infinite discrete random media. J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer 110 (2009) 139-145
2. Hapke B.W., and Nelson R.M. Comments on "Approximate calculation of coherent backscattering for semi-infinite discrete random media" by Victor P. Tishkovets and Michael I. Mishchenko. J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer 111 (2010) 659-660
3. Stratton J.A. Electromagnetic theory (1941), McGraw-Hill, New York
4. Mishchenko M.I., Travis L.D., and Lacis A.A. Multiple scattering of light by particles: radiative transfer and coherent backscattering (2006), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
5. Mishchenko M.I. Multiple scattering, radiative transfer, and weak localization in discrete random media: unified microphysical approach. Rev Geophys 46 (2008) RG2003
6. Müller C. Foundations of the mathematical theory of electromagnetic waves (1969), Springer, Berlin
7. Tsang L., Kong J.A., and Shin R.T. Theory of microwave remote sensing (1985), Wiley, New York
8. Babenko V.A., Astafyeva L.G., and Kuzmin V.N. Electromagnetic scattering in disperse media: inhomogeneous and anisotropic particles (2003), Praxis, Chichester, UK
9. Tishkovets V.P. Multiple scattering of light by a layer of discrete random medium: backscattering. J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer 72 (2002) 123-137
10. Tishkovets V.P., and Mishchenko M.I. Coherent backscattering of light by a layer of discrete random medium. J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer 86 (2004) 161-180
11. Barabanenkov Yu.N., Kravtsov Yu.A., Ozrin V.D., and Saichev A.I. Enhanced backscattering in optics. Progr Opt 29 (1991) 65-197
12. Mishchenko M.I. Vector radiative transfer equation for arbitrarily shaped and arbitrarily oriented particles: a microphysical derivations from statistical electromagnetics. Appl Opt 41 (2002) 7114-7134
13. Mishchenko M.I. Microphysical approach to polarized radiative transfer: extension to the case of an external observation point. Appl Opt 42 (2003) 4963-4967
14. Lagendijk A., and van Tiggelen B.A. Resonant multiple scattering of light. Phys Rep 270 (1996) 143-215
15. Kuz'min V.L., and Romanov V.P. Coherent phenomena in light scattering from disordered systems. Phys-Uspekhi 39 (1996) 231-260
16. van Rossum M.C.W., and Nieuwenhuizen Th.M. Multiple scattering of classical waves: microscopy, mesoscopy, and diffusion. Rev Mod Phys 71 (1999) 13-371
17. Lenke R., and Maret G. Multiple scattering of light: coherent backscattering and transmission. In: Brown W., and Mortensen K. (Eds). Scattering in polymeric and colloidal systems (2000), Gordon and Breach, Amsterdam 1-73
18. Tishkovets V.P., Litvinov P.V., and Lyubchenko M.V. Coherent opposition effect for semi-infinite discrete random medium in the double-scattering approximation. J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer 72 (2002) 803-811
19. Tishkovets V.P., and Mishchenko M.I. Coherent backscattering of light by a layer of discrete random medium. J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer 86 (2004) 161-180
20. Muinonen K. Coherent backscattering of light by complex random media of spherical scatterers: numerical solution. Waves Random Media 14 (2004) 365-388
21. Litvinov P., Tishkovets V., and Ziegler K. Coherent backscattering effects for discrete random media. J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer 103 (2006) 131-145
22. Hansen J.E., and Hovenier J.W. Interpretation of the polarization of Venus. J Atmos Sci 31 (1974) 1137-1160
23. Wolf P., and Maret G. Weak localization and coherent backscattering of photons in disordered media. Phys Rev Lett 55 (1985) 2696-2699
24. Mishchenko M.I. Polarization effects in weak localization of light: calculation of the copolarized and depolarized backscattering enhancement factors. Phys Rev B 44 (1991) 12597-12600
25. Lyot B. Recherches sur la polarisation de la lumière des planetes et de quelques substances terrestres. Ann Observ Paris Sect Meudon 8 (1929) 1
26. Mishchenko M.I. On the nature of the polarization opposition effect exhibited by Saturn's rings. Astrophys J 411 (1993) 351-361
27. Mishchenko M.I., Luck J.-M., and Nieuwenhuizen T.M. Full angular profile of the coherent polarization opposition effect. J Opt Soc Am A 17 (2000) 888-891
28. Shkuratov Yu., Ovcharenko A., Zubko E., et al. The opposition effect and negative polarization of structural analogs for planetary regoliths. Icarus 159 (2002) 396-416
29. Mackowski D.W., and Mishchenko M.I. Calculation of the T matrix and the scattering matrix for ensembles of spheres. J Opt Soc Am A 13 (1996) 2266-2278
30. Mishchenko MI, Travis LD, Lacis AA. Scattering, absorption, and emission of light by small particles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2002. Available in the PDF format at 〈http://www.giss.nasa.gov/staff/mmishchenko/publications/〉.
31. Draine B.T. The discrete dipole approximation for light scattering by irregular targets. In: Mishchenko M.I., Hovenier J.W., and Travis L.D. (Eds). Light scattering by nonspherical particles: theory, measurements, and applications (2000), Academic Press, San Diego 131-145
32. Yurkin M.A., and Hoekstra A.G. The discrete dipole approximation: an overview and recent developments. J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer 106 (2007) 558-589
33. Yang P., and Liou K.N. Finite difference time domain method for light scattering by nonspherical and inhomogeneous particles. In: Mishchenko M.I., Hovenier J.W., and Travis L.D. (Eds). Light scattering by nonspherical particles: theory, measurements, and applications (2000), Academic Press, San Diego 173-221
34. Taflove A., and Hagness S.C. Computational electrodynamics: the finite-difference time-domain method (2000), Artech House, Boston
35. Tseng S.H., et al. Simulation of enhanced backscattering of light by numerically solving Maxwell's equations without heuristic approximations. Opt Express 13 (2005) 3666-3672
36. Tseng S.H., et al. Pseudospectral time domain simulations of multiple light scattering in three-dimensional macroscopic random media. Radio Sci 41 (2006) RS4009
37. Mishchenko M.I., and Liu L. Weak localization of electromagnetic waves by densely packed many-particle groups: exact 3D results. J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer 106 (2007) 616-621
38. Mishchenko M.I., Liu L., Mackowski D.W., et al. Multiple scattering by random particulate media: exact 3D results. Opt Express 15 (2007) 2822-2836
39. Mishchenko M.I., Liu L., and Videen G. Conditions of applicability of the single-scattering approximation. Opt Express 15 (2007) 7522-7527
40. Mishchenko M.I., Liu L., and Hovenier J.W. Effects of absorption on multiple scattering by random particulate media: exact results. Opt Express 15 (2007) 13182-13187
41. Tseng S.H., and Huang B. Comparing Monte Carlo simulation and pseudospectral time-domain numerical solutions of Maxwell's equations of light scattering by a macroscopic random medium. Appl Phys Lett 91 (2007) 051114
42. Mackowski D.W., and Mishchenko M.I. Prediction of thermal emission and exchange among neighboring wavelength-sized spheres. J Heat Transfer 130 (2008) 112702
43. Tseng S.H. Optical characteristics of a cluster of closely-packed dielectric spheres. Opt Commun 281 (2008) 1986-1990
44. Sukhov A., Haefner D., and Dogariu A. Coupled dipole method for modeling optical properties of large-scale random media. Phys Rev E 77 (2008) 066709
45. Okada Y., and Kokhanovsky A.A. Light scattering and absorption by densely packed groups of spherical particles. J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer 110 (2009) 902-917
46. Mishchenko M.I., and Liu L. Electromagnetic scattering by densely packed particulate ice at radar wavelengths: exact theoretical results and remote-sensing implications. Appl Opt 48 (2009) 2421-2426
47. Voit F., Schäfer J., and Kienle A. Light scattering by multiple spheres: comparison between Maxwell theory and radiative-transfer-theory calculations. Opt Lett 34 (2009) 2593-2595
48. Mishchenko M.I., Dlugach J.M., Liu L., et al. Direct solutions of the Maxwell equations explain opposition phenomena observed for high-albedo solar system objects. Astrophys J 705 (2009) L118-L122
49. Mishchenko MI, Dlugach JM, Liu L. Azimuthal asymmetry of the coherent backscattering cone: exact theoretical results. Phys Rev A [in press].
50. Tishkovets V., Shkuratov Yu., and Litvinov P. Comparison of collective effects at scattering by randomly oriented clusters of spherical particles. J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer 61 (1999) 767-773
51. Tishkovets V., Petrova E., and Jockers K. Optical properties of aggregate particles comparable in size to the wavelength. J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer 86 (2004) 241-265
52. Petrova E., Tishkovets V., and Jockers K. Modeling of opposition effects with ensembles of clusters: interplay of various scattering mechanisms. Icarus 188 (2007) 233-245
53. Tishkovets V.P. Light scattering by closely packed clusters: shielding of particles by each other in the near field. J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer 109 (2008) 2665-2672
54. Tishkovets V.P. Incoherent and coherent backscattering of light by a layer of densely packed random medium. J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer 108 (2007) 454-463
55. Mishchenko M.I. Asymmetry parameters of the phase function for densely packed scattering grains. J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer 52 (1994) 95-110
56. Mishchenko M.I., and Macke A. Asymmetry parameters of the phase function for isolated and densely packed spherical particles with multiple internal inclusions in the geometric optics limit. J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transfer 57 (1997) 767-794
57. Mishchenko M.I., Rosenbush V.K., and Kiselev N.N. Weak localization of electromagnetic waves and opposition phenomena exhibited by high-albedo atmosphereless solar system objects. Appl Opt 45 (2006) 4459-4463