Coherence modification and phase singularities on scattering by a sphere: Mie formulation

Hugo F. Schouten, David G. Fischer, Taco D. Visser*

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Abstract

When light that is spatially partially coherent, such as sunlight, is incident on a sphere, the scattered field exhibits surprising coherence properties. The observed oscillatory behavior with deep minima means that the field in certain pairs of directions is highly correlated, whereas in others, it is essentially uncorrelated, and can even have correlation singularities. Because any subsequent scattering event is strongly affected by the state of coherence, these results are particularly important for multiple scattering in discrete disordered media.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2005-2010
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
Volume36
Issue number12
Early online date14 Nov 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2019

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