Open AccessNUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF LIGHT SCATTERING BY RANDOMLY ORIENTED CUBIC PARTICLES
Author(s) -
Rao Rui-Zhong
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.47.1790
Subject(s) - scattering , light scattering by particles , light scattering , discontinuity (linguistics) , circular symmetry , physics , materials science , particle (ecology) , biological small angle scattering , molecular physics , condensed matter physics , optics , classical mechanics , mie scattering , small angle neutron scattering , mathematical analysis , mathematics , neutron scattering , oceanography , geology
Numerical calculations were carried out on light scattering by randomly oriented cubic particles for several size parameters. The scattering properties were analyzed and compared with those of the equivalent spherical particles. Results show that the differences between the scattering properties of cubic and spherical particles are similar to those between other non-spherical and spherical particles. The results imply the intrinsic symmetry and discontinuity of the normal direction of the particle surface have little effects on the scattering properties.