A generalized spherical harmonics solution basic to the scattering of polarized light (Q761035)
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A generalized spherical harmonics solution basic to the scattering of polarized light (English)
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1985
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A generalized spherical harmonics solution for the azimuthally symmetric component of a Fourier representation of the vector of Stokes parameters basic to the scattering of polarized light in a plane-parallel layer is reported. The final result is continuous in both independent variables and is valid for a general class of scattering matrices. Computational aspects of the developed solution are discussed, and numerical results for the relevant Stokes vector are given for several realistic cases.
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diffusion of polarized light
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scattering and absorbing host medium
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equation of transfer
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generalized spherical harmonics solution
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Fourier representation
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Stokes parameters
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