title: Mie scattering by a spherical particle in an absorbing medium.
abstract: We show that the large-size parameter limit of the scattering efficiency of a spherical particle of relative refractive index m(r) embedded in an absorbing medium is equal to [m(r) - 1[2/]m(r) + 1]2 and not to zero as has been claimed in a recent article [J. Appl. Opt. 40, 1354-1361 (2001)].
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Atmospheric Science Program, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. sudiarta@is2.dal.ca
authors.forename: Wayan I
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Sudiarta
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chýlek