Backscattered Stokes Parameters from Semi-Infinite Rayleigh Scattering Media Exposed to a Laser
| Autor: | Alfred L. Crosbie, Donald W. Mueller Jr. |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Aerospace Engineering 01 natural sciences law.invention 010309 optics symbols.namesake Optics law 0103 physical sciences Radiative transfer Stokes parameters Rayleigh scattering 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes Physics business.industry Linear polarization Mechanical Engineering Condensed Matter Physics Laser Integral transform Space and Planetary Science symbols business Beam (structure) Gaussian beam |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer. 31:366-377 |
| ISSN: | 1533-6808 0887-8722 |
| Popis: | The backscattered radiation from a medium exposed to a polarized laser beam is the focus of this work. Previously, the spatially varying reflection matrix for a Rayleigh scattering semi-infinite medium exposed to a normally directed, Gaussian beam was analyzed. The method of analysis was the integral transform method and a modified Ambarzumian’s method. In this study, the spatially varying reflection matrix is used to produce the distribution of backscattered radiation emergent from the medium for linearly and circularly polarized incident radiation. A circularly polarized incident beam produces a radially varying distribution, whereas a linearly polarized beam produces a distribution that has both radial and azimuthal variations. Graphical results are presented, and comparisons are made to limiting values and experimental observations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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