Scattering of Light by Small Particles

Scattering properties such as the scattered direction and the strength of an incident electromagnetic wave can be derived from the Mie scattering theory and form a physical basis of the Monte Carlo simulation method used in this book. After the brief explanation on the physical difference between Rayleigh and Mie scattering , presented in Sect. 2.1, the Mie scattering theory and the Stokes vector method that are needed to derive the polarization nature of a scattered field are described in Sects. 2.2 and 2.3, respectively.