Electric field Monte Carlo simulation of coherent backscattering of polarized light by a turbid medium containing Mie scatterers.
A method for directly simulating coherent backscattering of polarized light by a turbid medium has been developed based on the Electric field Monte Carlo (EMC) method. Electric fields of light traveling in a pair of time-reversed paths are added coherently to simulate their interference. An efficient approach for computing the electric field of light traveling along a time-reversed path is derived and implemented based on the time-reversal symmetry of electromagnetic waves. Coherent backscattering of linearly and circularly polarized light by a turbid medium containing Mie scatterers is then investigated using this method.
Sawicki
John
J
Fairfield University, 1073 North Benson Road, Fairfield, CT 06824, USA.
Kastor
Nikolas
N
Xu
Min
M
D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D008027:Light; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009391:Nephelometry and Turbidimetry / Q000379:methods*; D012031:Refractometry / Q000379:methods*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation
D003102:Colloids