Polarizing efficiency of nonspherical scatterers of different structure
M. S. Prokopjeva*,1, V. B. Il'in1,2,3, V. G. Farafonov2 and A. A. Vinokurov2,3
- 1 St. Petersburg University, Universitetskij pr. 28, St. Petersburg, 198504 Russia.
- 2 State Univ. of Aerospace Instrumentation, Bol. Morskaya 67, St. Petersburg, 190000 Russia.
- 3 Pulkovo Observatory, Pulkovskoe chaussee 65/1, St. Petersburg, 196140 Russia.
By comparing porous multilayered spheroids and homogeneous ones with effective permittivity, we find that the ratio of the linear polarization degree of transmitted radiation to optical thickness of a medium containing partly aligned nonspherical inhomogeneous particles can strongly depend on their structure. We consider this effect in some detail and note that it occurs for any nonspherical scatterers with inclusions as well.
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