Light Scattering by Optically Soft Particles

Subodh K. Sharma and David J. Somerford

Eikonal, or soft-particle approximations, have been studied extensively in potential scattering and subsequent optical scattering problems. The study of these approximations is very important, because soft particles are found abundantly in nature, for example – ocean optics, biomedial optics, atmospheric optics – as well as in many industrial applications.

Light Scattering by Optically Soft Particles

is the only book devoted solely to soft particle light scattering approximations
offers a complete and comprehensive treatment of all the important soft particle approximations
discusses the role of soft particle scattering approximations in various scientific disciplines
covers the theory as well as the practice of the approximations

The book also contains a brief review of the eikonal approximation in potential scattering, giving a clearer understanding of its role in light scattering problems.

Table of Contents

Preface
List of figures
List of tables
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. The eikonal approximation in non-relativistic potential scattering
3. Eikonal approximation in optical scattering
4. Other soft-particle approximations
5. Applications of eikonal-type approximations
Appendices
A Scattering formulas in the anomalous diffraction approximation for an arbitrarily oriented hexagonal column
B Addition theorems employed in deriving the main form of the Perelman approximation (MPA) for a spherical particle
C Derivation of Perelman approximation for the light scattered by an infinitely long cylinder
D Mean value theorem and estimation of the key parameters of the distribution
D.1 Estimation of the particle number N
D.2 Estimation of the first moment of f (a )
E Pearson method
References
Index

Extent: 216 pages
Binding: Hardback
Publication Date: May 2006
ISBN: 978-3-540-23910-9

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