SCATTERING OF LIGHT BY STOCHASTICALLY ROUGH PARTICLES

Publication Date

1989

Journal or Book Title

APPLIED OPTICS

Abstract

The single particle phase function and the linear polarization for large stochastically deformed spheres have been calculated by Monte Carlo simulation using the geometrical optics approximation. The radius vector of a particle is assumed to obey a bivariate lognormal distribution with three free parameters: mean radius, its standard deviation and the coherence length of the autocorrelation function. All reflections/refractions which include sufficient energy have been included. Real and imaginary parts of the refractive index can be varied without any restrictions. Results and comparisons with some earlier less general theories are presented. Applications of this theory to the photometric properties of atmosphereless bodies and interplanetary dust are discussed.

Comments

The published version is located at http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?uri=ao-28-19-4088

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.28.004088

Pages

4088-4095

Volume

28

Issue

19

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