The Scattering of Light and Other Electromagnetic Radiation

Physical Chemistry: A Series of Monographs

Milton Kerker, Ernest M. Loebl

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2013
• ISBN:
  9781483191744
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Physics
• Index: Physics

The Scattering of Light and Other Electromagnetic Radiation discusses the theory of electromagnetic scattering and describes some practical applications. The book reviews electromagnetic waves, optics, the interrelationships of main physical quantities and the physical concepts of optics, including Maxwell's equations, polarization, geometrical optics, interference, and diffraction. The text explains the Rayleigh2 theory of scattering by small dielectric spheres, the Bessel functions, and the Legendre functions. The author also explains how the scattering functions for a homogenous sphere change depending on different physical parameters such as the optical size, the complex refractive index, and the angle of observation. The author addresses the assignment of a complex dielectric constant and a corresponding refractive index to plasma when an alternating electrical field is applied that will make the plasma exhibit conductivity and polarization. In a liquid, the author points out that the intensity of scattering is one or two orders of magnitude less than that found in a gaseous system; he explains that the molecules are no longer acting as incoherent nor as randomly located scatterers. This book can be useful for physicists, chemists, biochemists, and engineers whose work includes research utilizing light scattering in the study of certain gases, pure liquids, molecular solutions, macromolecules, polymers, and glass.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• The Scattering of Light: And other Electromagnetic Radiation
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Glossary of Principal Symbols
• The Scattering of Light
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Electromagnetic Waves
• Chapter 3. Scattering by a Sphere
• Chapter 4. The Scattering Functions for Spheres
• Chapter 5. Scattering by Stratified Spheres
• Chapter 6. Scattering by Infinite Cylinders
• Chapter 7. Analysis of Particle Size
• Chapter 8. Rayleigh–Debye Scattering
• Chapter 9. Scattering by Liquids
• Chapter 10. Anisotropy
• References
• Author Index
• Subject Index
• Physical Chemistry