Numerical study on the wavelength-dependent polarization of light scattered by aqueous droplets for RGB spectrums

Optik

Volumn 121, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 974-979

  Cheng, Xin ^a,b   Wang, Xiangzhao ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Degree of polarization (DOP); Polarization; Scattering

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; AQUEOUS DROPLETS; COMPLEX REFRACTIVE INDEX; DEGREE OF POLARIZATION; FINE RESOLUTION; LOG-NORMAL; LORENZ-MIE SCATTERING; NUMERICAL STUDIES; ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; PIECEWISE INTERPOLATION; POLARIZATION SCATTERING; RED , GREEN AND BLUES; REFRACTIVE INDEX DATA; RELATIVE INTENSITY; SCATTERING ANGLES; SINGLE SCATTERING; TRANSFORMATION MATRICES; UNIT VOLUME;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; DROP FORMATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SCATTERING;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 77955334175     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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