Coherent backscattering of turbid samples containing large Mie spheres

We found that the coherent backscattering cone of turbid samples containing spherical Mie scatterers with a size parameter larger than about 20 strongly deviates from known analytical curve shapes. We compare experimental data with numerical simulations of Monte Carlo type. Moreover, we present a new wide-angle coherent backscattering set-up.

[1]  P. Morse,et al.  Methods of theoretical physics , 1955 .

[2]  Wolf,et al.  Coherent backscattering of light by disordered media: Analysis of the peak line shape. , 1986, Physical review letters.

[3]  A. Lagendijk,et al.  Observation of weak localization of light in a random medium. , 1985, Physical review letters.

[4]  Ralf Lenke,et al.  Magnetic field effects on coherent backscattering of light , 2000 .

[5]  C. Tropea,et al.  Light Scattering from Small Particles , 2003 .

[6]  M. I. Mishchenko,et al.  Enhanced backscattering of polarized light from discrete random media : calculations in exactly the backscattering direction , 1992 .

[7]  P. Saulnier,et al.  Role of surface reflectivity in coherent backscattering measurements. , 1992, Optics letters.

[8]  Ralf Lenke,et al.  Multiple Scattering of Light : Coherent Backscattering and Transmission , 2000 .

[9]  D Kersten,et al.  In-line structure measurement of food products , 2002 .

[10]  D. Saxon.  Tensor Scattering Matrix for the Electromagnetic Field , 1955 .

[11]  H. V. Hulst.  Light Scattering by Small Particles , 1957 .

[12]  Wolf,et al.  Weak localization and coherent backscattering of photons in disordered media. , 1985, Physical review letters.

[13]  Anisotropic multiple scattering in diffusive media , 1995, cond-mat/9504058.

[14]  Ralf Lenke,et al.  Magnetic-field effects on coherent backscattering of light in case of Mie spheres , 2000 .

[15]  A. Lagendijk,et al.  Influence of internal reflection on diffusive transport in strongly scattering media , 1989 .