Coherent backscattering by a finite medium of particles
K. Muinonen1,2 and E. Zubko1,3
- 1 Department of Physics, P.O. box 64, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
- 2 Finnish Geodetic Institute, P.O. box 15, FI-02431 Masala, Finland
- 3 Institute of Astronomy, Kharkov National University, 35 Sumskaya St., Kharkov, 61022, Ukraine
We study coherent backscattering of light by a spherical random medium of spherical particles. Tentatively, the multiple-scattering theory composed of radiative transfer and coherent backscattering (RT-C) reproduces the exact electromagnetic solution available from the superposition T-matrix method for a specific microscopic medium. RT-C has promising future prospects, as it is capable of extending the electromagnetic solutions from microscopic to macroscopic scales.