Phase matrix for light scattering by concentrically stratified spheres: Comparison of geometric optics and the "exact" theory

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 3990-3996

  Takano, Yoshihide ^a   Liou, Kuo Nan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; LIGHT SCATTERING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPHERES;

ASYMMETRY FACTOR; GEOMETRIC OPTICS; HIT AND MISS; LORENZ-MIE THEORY; PHASE MATRIX; SCATTERING PHASE MATRIX; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; SIZE PARAMETERS;

RAY TRACING;

EID: 77955859938     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.003990     Document Type: Article

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