Principles of Scattering and Transport of Light
Cambridge University Press, 7/29/2021
EAN 9781107146938, ISBN10: 1107146933
Hardcover, 350 pages, 24.8 x 17.1 x 2.5 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
Light scattering is one of the most well-studied phenomena in nature. It occupies a central place in optical physics, and plays a key role in multiple fields of science and engineering. This volume presents a comprehensive introduction to the subject. For the first time, the authors bring together in a self-contained and systematic manner, the physical concepts and mathematical tools that are used in the modern theory of light scattering and transport, presenting them in a clear, accessible style. The power of these tools is demonstrated by a framework that links various aspects of the subject: scattering theory to radiative transport, radiative transport to diffusion, and field correlations to the statistics of speckle patterns. For graduate students and researchers in optical physics and optical engineering, this book is an invaluable resource on the interaction of light with complex media and the theory of light scattering in disordered and complex systems.
Foreword
Preface
1. Introduction
Part I. Wave Optics
2. Electromagnetic waves
3. Geometrical optics
4. Waves at interfaces
5. Green's functions and integral representations
6. Plane-wave expansions
7. Diffraction
8. Coherence theory
basic concepts
9. Coherence theory
propagation of correlations
Part II. Scattering of Waves
10. Scattering theory
11. Optical theorem
12. Scattering in model systems
13. Renormalized perturbation theory
14. Wave reciprocity
Part III. Wave Transport
15. Multiple scattering
average field
16. Multiple scattering
field correlations and radiative transport
17. Radiative transport
multiscale theory
18. Discrete scatterers and spatial correlations
19. Time-dependent radiative transport and energy velocity
Part IV. Radiative Transport and Diffusions
20. Radiative transport
boundary conditions and integral representations
21. Elementary solutions of the radiative transport equation
22. Problems with planar and azimuthal symmetry
23. Scattering theory for the radiative transport equation
24. Diffusion approximation
25. Diffuse light
26. Diffuse optics
27. Scattering of diffuse waves
Part V. Speckle and Interference Phenomena
28. Intensity statistics
29. Some properties of Rayleigh statistics
30. Bulk speckle correlations
31. Two-frequency speckle correlations
32. Amplitude and intensity propagators for multiply-scattered fields
33. Far-field angular speckle correlations
34. Coherent backscattering
35. Dynamic light scattering
Part VI. Electromagnetic Waves and Near-field Scattering
36. Vector waves
37. Electromagnetic Green's functions
38. Electric dipole radiation
39. Scattering of electromagnetic waves
40. Electromagnetic reciprocity and the optical theorem
41. Electromagnetic scattering by subwavelength particles
42. Multiple scattering of electromagnetic waves
Average field
43. Multiple scattering of electromagnetic waves
radiative transport
44. Bulk electromagnetic speckle correlations
45. Near-field speckle correlations
46. Speckle correlations produced by a point source
Exercises
Index.