Print Email Facebook Twitter Effects of Spatial Coherence on the Angular Distribution of Radiant Intensity Generated by Scattering on a Sphere Title Effects of Spatial Coherence on the Angular Distribution of Radiant Intensity Generated by Scattering on a Sphere Author Van Dijk, T. Fischer, D.G. Visser, T.D. Wolf, E. Faculty Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Department Telecommunications Date 2010-04-30 Abstract In the analysis of light scattering on a sphere it is implicitly assumed that the incident field is spatially fully coherent. However, under usual circumstances the field is partially coherent. We generalize the partial waves expansion method to this situation and examine the influence of the degree of coherence of the incident field on the radiant intensity of the scattered field in the far zone. We show that when the coherence length of the incident field is comparable to, or is smaller than, the radius of the sphere, the angular distribution of the radiant intensity depends strongly on the degree of coherence. The results have implications, for example, for scattering in the atmosphere and colloidal suspensions. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:bfb3baf0-de61-4ff5-950c-b00feef5c177 DOI https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.173902 Publisher American Physical Society ISSN 1079-7114 Source Physical Review Letters, 104 (17), 2010 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights (c) 2010 The Author(s); American Physical Society Files PDF Visser_2010.pdf 195.32 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:bfb3baf0-de61-4ff5-950c-b00feef5c177/datastream/OBJ/view