Abstract

An analysis is made of the vector properties of light scattered from small particles (the diameters are assumed comparable to a wavelength of the illumination) illuminated by two or more coherent beams. The results show that the polarization of the scattered light depends on both the polarization of the incident illumination and the scattered-light observation angle. Scattered light from orthogonally polarized illumination beams can interfere. The limits of applicability of current interference models of the scattering processes observed with laser interferometers used to determine Doppler shifts from moving particles are determined.

© 1973 Optical Society of America

Photoelectron emission from small spherical particles*

William D. Watson
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 63(2) 164-165 (1973)

Scattering and extinction cross sections for a spherical particle coated with an oriented molecular layer

J. Roth and M. J. Dignam
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 63(3) 308-311 (1973)

Light scattering by a single cylindrical lens: numerical results from a rigorous theory

Walid Tabbara
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 63(1) 17-24 (1973)

Effects of domains on crystal-optics properties and intensity of Raman scattering in a 45° Y-cut KH₂PO₄ crystal

Yasunari Takagi and Takeshi Shigenari
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 63(8) 995-1002 (1973)

Smith–Purcell radiation from a line charge moving parallel to a reflection grating

P. M. van den Berg
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 63(6) 689-698 (1973)