Open AccessLight scattering calculations from oleic-acid droplets with water inclusions
Author(s) -
Dev R. Prabhu,
Melvin Davies,
Gorden Videen
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.8.000308
Subject(s) - inclusion (mineral) , optics , diffraction , scattering , interference (communication) , light scattering , oleic acid , forward scatter , materials science , physics , symmetry (geometry) , molecular physics , chemistry , geometry , telecommunications , mathematics , computer science , channel (broadcasting) , biochemistry , thermodynamics
We present modeling results in video format showing the changes that occur in the light scattered by a spherical oleic-acid host droplet containing a spherical water inclusion as the inclusion parameters vary. When the system symmetry is broken, a second set of diffraction rings appears on the side opposite the inclusion. The inclusion also acts as a second coherent source, contributing to an interference structure in the scattering pattern, the spatial frequency of which varies with the position of the inclusion.