Numerically-exact computer modeling of light scattering
by random absorbing media
J. M. Dlugach*,1, M. I. Mishchenko2 and L. Liu2
- 1 Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 03680, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2 NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NY 10025, New York, U.S.A.
We employ the superposition T-matrix method to perform computations of electromagnetic scattering by a volume of discrete random medium densely filled with spherical particles with the real part of the refractive index mR = 1.31, 1.5 and the imaginary part mI = 0, 0.01, 0.1, 0.3. Our computations show that increasing the value of mI can both decrease and increase manifestations of the coherent backscattering (CB) effect, dependent on the values of the particle packing density and the real part of the refractive index.
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