Document Type
Article
Article Version
Publisher's PDF
Publication Date
2006
Abstract
A superposition rule for light scattering by composite particles is presented that expresses the scattering amplitude of a composite particle as a superposition of that of the host particle and those of the shadowed inclusions. The superposition rule is derived for a soft composite particle but also provides insight into light scattering by a general composite scatterer. Favorable comparison with an exact numerical method demonstrates the usefulness of the rule in analyzing light scattering by composite particles such as biological cells.
Publication Title
Optics Letters
Repository Citation
Xu, Min, "Superposition rule for light scattering by a composite particle" (2006). Physics Faculty Publications. 13.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/physics-facultypubs/13
Published Citation
Min Xu. Superposition rule for light scattering by a composite particle. Optics Letters, 31:3223-3225, 2006. http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-31-22-3223
DOI
10.1364/OL.31.003223
Peer Reviewed
Comments
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