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2.2 Single scattering – Mie theory<br />

Figure 2.2: Vibration ellipse. The tip of the electric field vector of a light wave traces<br />

out an ellipse with semimajor axis r 1 , semiminor axis r 2 , azimuth γ, and ellipticity<br />

η = arctan(r 2 /r 1 ).<br />

with the size parameter x = ka, the relative refractive index m = k scat<br />

k<br />

, and the Riccati-Bessel<br />

functions ψ n (z) = z j n (z) and ξ n (z) = z h (1)<br />

n (z). The prime indicates differentiation with<br />

respect to the argument in parentheses.<br />

⃗M has no radial component, and in the far-field limit with large ρ = kr the radial component<br />

of N ⃗ is negligible compared to the transverse component, as the spherical Hankel function is<br />

asymptotically given by h (1)<br />

n (kr) ≈ − (−i)n e ikr<br />

ikr<br />

. The scattered electromagnetic field is therefore<br />

basically transverse, and<br />

E θ ≈ E 0 ·<br />

E φ ≈ −E 0 ·<br />

e ikr<br />

−ikr · cos φ · S 2(cos θ) with S 2 =<br />

e ikr<br />

−ikr · sin φ · S 1(cos θ) with S 1 =<br />

n c<br />

∑<br />

n=1<br />

n c<br />

∑<br />

n=1<br />

2n + 1<br />

n(n + 1) (a nτ n + b n π n )<br />

2n + 1<br />

n(n + 1) (a nπ n + b n τ n )<br />

Both sums converge, so that the series can be terminated after n c steps without causing major<br />

inaccuracies. A good assumption is n c ≈ x.<br />

We now focus on a certain scattering plane, which is defined by the wave vectors of the<br />

incoming and emerging waves. Intensity and polarization of the scattered light are then<br />

merely a function of the scattering angle θ and the polarization of the incoming light with<br />

respect to the scattering plane.<br />

In a non-absorbing medium, both incoming and scattered electromagnetic waves can be characterized<br />

by a Stokes vector [30]<br />

⎛ ⎞ ⎛<br />

⎞<br />

I<br />

1<br />

⃗p = ⎜Q<br />

⎟<br />

⎝U⎠ = ⎜cos(2η) cos(2γ)<br />

⎟<br />

⎝cos(2η) sin(2γ) ⎠<br />

V<br />

sin(2η)<br />

7

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