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5 October 2023 Advanced light-scattering computational capability for solving the optical properties of nonspherical particles
Ping Yang, Jiachen Ding
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Abstract
Many particles in nature, such as ice crystals in cirrus clouds and airborne dust aerosol particles, are nonspherical with complex geometries. The scattering of polarized light by nonspherical particles is inevitably necessary for numerous disciplines, including polarimetric remote sensing. In this presentation, we report an advanced light-scattering computational capability, referred to as the synergistic light-scattering computational method, which is based on a combination of the invariant imbedding T-matrix method and the physical-geometric optics method. The former is applied to small to moderately large particles, whereas the latter is applicable to moderate to large particles. In particular, we illustrate the smooth transition of the results obtained with the two methods. Furthermore, we demonstrate the applications of the advanced light-scattering computational capability in polarimetric remote sensing.
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Ping Yang and Jiachen Ding "Advanced light-scattering computational capability for solving the optical properties of nonspherical particles", Proc. SPIE PC12690, Polarization Science and Remote Sensing XI, PC126900D (5 October 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2678247
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KEYWORDS
Particles

Optical properties

Finite-difference time-domain method

Light scattering

Remote sensing

Planetary science

Polarimetry

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