Abstract
The scattering of light by small spherical particles was originally described by Mie,' but also extensively set out by van de Hulst.2 The calculations that consider the scattering of light by such particles are mostly called Mie calculations. Spherical scatterers are frequently occurring in nature, e.g., in aerosols and suspensions of biological cells. Many investigators dealing with them perform Mie calculations to compare their measured data with calculated ones. In Mie theory the incident radiation is separated into two components, one perpendicular to and one parallel with the scattering plane. The scattering plane is defined as the plane through the incident and the scattering directions. The irradiance of the scattered radiation depends on the scattering angle 0. We use the terms and symbols as prescribed by international conventions.3 The functions i1(O) and i2(O) (Ref. 2, p. 35) describe the angular dependency of the perpendicular and parallel polarized components, respectively. The scattered irradiance of linear polarized incident light in any direction can be calculated by:
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