Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Acronyms
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The macroscopic Maxwell equations and monochromatic fields
- 3 Fundamental homogeneous-medium solutions of the macroscopic Maxwell equations
- 4 Basic theory of frequency-domain electromagnetic scattering by a fixed finite object
- 5 Far-field scattering
- 6 The Foldy equations
- 7 The Stokes parameters
- 8 Poynting–Stokes tensor
- 9 Polychromatic electromagnetic fields
- 10 Polychromatic scattering by fixed and randomly changing objects
- 11 Measurement of electromagnetic energy flow
- 12 Measurement of the Stokes parameters
- 13 Description of far-field scattering in terms of actual optical observables
- 14 Electromagnetic scattering by a small random group of sparsely distributed particles
- 15 Statistically isotropic and mirror-symmetric random particles
- 16 Numerical computations and laboratory measurements of electromagnetic scattering
- 17 Far-field observables: qualitative and quantitative traits
- 18 Electromagnetic scattering by discrete random media: far field
- 19 Near-field scattering by a sparse discrete random medium: microphysical radiative transfer theory
- 20 Radiative transfer in plane-parallel particulate media
- 21 Weak localization
- 22 Epilogue
- Appendix A Dyads and dyadics
- Appendix B Free-space dyadic Green's function
- Appendix C Euler rotation angles
- Appendix D Spherical-wave decomposition of a plane wave in the far zone
- Appendix E Integration quadrature formulas
- Appendix F Wigner d-functions
- Appendix G Stationary phase evaluation of a double integral
- Appendix H Hints and answers to selected problems
- References
- Index
- Plate Section
Acronyms
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2014
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Acronyms
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The macroscopic Maxwell equations and monochromatic fields
- 3 Fundamental homogeneous-medium solutions of the macroscopic Maxwell equations
- 4 Basic theory of frequency-domain electromagnetic scattering by a fixed finite object
- 5 Far-field scattering
- 6 The Foldy equations
- 7 The Stokes parameters
- 8 Poynting–Stokes tensor
- 9 Polychromatic electromagnetic fields
- 10 Polychromatic scattering by fixed and randomly changing objects
- 11 Measurement of electromagnetic energy flow
- 12 Measurement of the Stokes parameters
- 13 Description of far-field scattering in terms of actual optical observables
- 14 Electromagnetic scattering by a small random group of sparsely distributed particles
- 15 Statistically isotropic and mirror-symmetric random particles
- 16 Numerical computations and laboratory measurements of electromagnetic scattering
- 17 Far-field observables: qualitative and quantitative traits
- 18 Electromagnetic scattering by discrete random media: far field
- 19 Near-field scattering by a sparse discrete random medium: microphysical radiative transfer theory
- 20 Radiative transfer in plane-parallel particulate media
- 21 Weak localization
- 22 Epilogue
- Appendix A Dyads and dyadics
- Appendix B Free-space dyadic Green's function
- Appendix C Euler rotation angles
- Appendix D Spherical-wave decomposition of a plane wave in the far zone
- Appendix E Integration quadrature formulas
- Appendix F Wigner d-functions
- Appendix G Stationary phase evaluation of a double integral
- Appendix H Hints and answers to selected problems
- References
- Index
- Plate Section
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- Electromagnetic Scattering by Particles and Particle GroupsAn Introduction, pp. xvii - xviiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014