title: Extension of geometrical-optics approximation to on-axis Gaussian beam scattering. II. By a spheroidal particle with end-on incidence.
abstract: On the basis of our previous work on the extension of the geometrical-optics approximation to Gaussian beam scattering by a spherical particle, we present a further extension of the method to the scattering of a transparent or absorbing spheroidal particle with the same symmetric axis as the incident beam. As was done for the spherical particle, the phase shifts of the emerging rays due to focal lines, optical path, and total reflection are carefully considered. The angular position of the geometric rainbow of primary order is theoretically predicted. Compared with our results, the Möbius prediction of the rainbow angle has a discrepancy of less than 0.5 degrees for a spheroidal droplet of aspect radio kappa within 0.95 and 1.05 and less than 2 degrees for kappa within 0.89 and 1.11. The flux ratio index F, which qualitatively indicates the effect of a surface wave, is also studied and found to be dependent on the size, refractive index, and surface curvature of the particle.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Particle and Two-Phase Flow Measurement Technology, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China. f3_xu@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Kuan Fang
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Xiaoshu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Jianqi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shen