雾滴粒子群的偏振特性研究

根据Mie散射理论,基于一次实测资料拟合得出雾滴谱分布,计算了雾滴粒子群的散射相函数矩阵,揭示了不同波长的雾滴粒子群对入射激光的散射偏振特征。结果表明：激光散射强度随散射角的增加呈现先减小后增大的趋势,且波长越小散射光强分布越集中;波长越大,偏振度随散射角分布越平滑,反之分布震动则越剧烈;各波段偏振度随散射角增大的分布趋势大致相同,关键散射角随波长的减小向增大的方向偏移。     

雾滴粒子群的偏振特性研究

根据Mie散射理论,基于一次实测资料拟合得出雾滴谱分布,计算了雾滴粒子群的散射相函数矩阵,揭示了不同波长的雾滴粒子群对入射激光的散射偏振特征。结果表明:激光散射强度随散射角的增加呈现先减小后增大的趋势,且波长越小散射光强分布越集中;波长越大,偏振度随散射角分布越平滑,反之分布震动则越剧烈;各波段偏振度随散射角增大的分布趋势大致相同,关键散射角随波长的减小向增大的方向偏移。     

长柱状气溶胶粒子的光散射特性

以中纬度卷云中常见的长柱状冰晶为例,利用长柱状粒子光散射理论,探讨了入射光为线偏振时,电矢量平行和垂直于入射面情况下,单个长柱状粒子的散射光强度分布和偏振特性随入射角、尺度参数与偏振态的转化关系:随着入射角的增大,散射强度、偏振总体趋于对称且数值振荡频率降低,散射强度总体减小,偏振的改变程度总体增大;随着尺度参数的增大,散射强度、偏振的数值振荡频率增大,散射强度数值振荡峰的幅度整体减小,电矢量平行于粒子长轴时主偏振的数量、强度和位置皆有变迁,电矢量垂直于粒子长轴时前后主偏振位置相对固定;随着偏振度的减小,散射强度、偏振趋向于一致,两者的数值改变程度减小,当偏振度减小到0时,散射强度、偏振变得完全相同。选取火山尘埃和烟灰与冰晶对比,阐述了粒子散射光的强度分布和偏振特性随折射率的变化规律:折射率虚部不改变散射强度的整体趋势,但使散射强度和偏振的振荡峰幅度增大,当其数值较大时,使得偏振的数值振荡峰覆盖范围拓宽。     

群体粒子散射光偏振特性的研究

在Mie散射理论的基础上分析了群体粒子散射的偏振特性,并用两种不同直径(0.26 μm,0.55 μm)的球形粒子作为散射介质进行了相关实验,比较了群体粒子散射光垂直与水平偏振光的偏振度.实验发现:散射光的偏振度随粒子直径的变化呈现出一定的规律性,直径大的粒子散射光在水平方向的偏振度小于直径小的粒子;而垂直方向的偏振度却完全相反,直径大的粒子大于直径小的粒子.     

气溶胶激光散射信号的特征分析

本文应用Mie散射理论对微球体粒子光散射的性质进行了理论分析与数值计算,得出了散射光分布与微球体尺度参数、复折射率之间的关系。结果表明:不同尺度参数的粒子的散射光强的分布相差极大,随着尺度参数的增加散射光强越来越集中于前向;复折射率的变化对散射光强影响不大。并且在边界层大陆乡村型霾的气溶胶模型下对大气气溶胶的体角散射系数进行了分析与数值计算,得出:气溶胶粒子的散射光强主要分布在前向,并且随着散射角的增加有规律的减小。由此提出了利用气溶胶粒子体散射系数的性质,通过测量散射点前向散射光强和延迟时间来实现激光束的近轴定位的方法。     

湿度影响下的气溶胶粒子的偏振特性

气溶胶散射特性对大气辐射和气候研究具有重要意义。为研究气溶胶在不同相对湿度下的散射特性,根据Mie散射理论建立了湿度偏振模型,在0.55μm的可见光下,分析比较了3种气溶胶的单粒子和粒子群在不同相对湿度下的偏振特性。结果表明,相对湿度变化对气溶胶偏振度有规律性的影响,尤其在120°～150°的后向散射角区域,3种粒子偏振度都随相对湿度的增大而增大,说明了部分后向散射角上散射光偏振度能有效反映气溶胶粒子随相对湿度变化的信息。     

随机分布黑碳-硅酸盐混合凝聚粒子的消光特性研究

基于分形理论,采用蒙特卡罗方法对随机分布的混合凝聚粒子的空间结构进行了仿真模拟。利用Bruggeman有效介质理论得到了占有不同体积份额黑碳的内混合凝聚粒子的等效复折射率。采用离散偶极子近似方法对随机分布混合凝聚粒子在内外混合状态下的吸收、散射和消光效率因子等消光特性参量进行了数值计算,深入探讨了混合方式、容积含量、入射波长以及基本粒子粒径和数量对混合凝聚粒子消光特性的影响规律。通过将所得数值结果与T矩阵方法的数值结果进行比较发现,两种数值方法计算的结果非常相近。结果表明,随机分布混合凝聚粒子的散射效率因子对混合方式非常敏感,消光效率因子对混合方式较敏感,而吸收效率因子对混合方式不敏感。随着凝聚粒子尺度参数的增大,混合方式对散射和消光效率因子的影响逐渐显著。内外混合方式下,随着黑碳体积比的增大随机分布混合凝聚粒子的吸收、散射和消光效率因子均近似线性增大,并且增大的幅度随着粒子尺度参数的增大而增大。     

基于组合拟合法的冰晶粒子的光散射计算

利用组合拟合法计算了冰晶粒子的单次散射特性。给出了消光效率因子、单次散射反照度及非对称因子的拟合公式,利用拟合公式对有效粒子尺度为20μm和120μm的六种冰晶粒子的消光效率因子、单次散射反照度及非对称因子进行了计算。结果表明,粒子的消光效率因子、单次散射反照率和非对称因子随着入射波长的增加有着较大的起伏,后两者随着波长的增加而变化趋势基本一致;对于单次散射反照率来说,在可见光波段,反照率非常接近于1;在短波段,粒子的非对称因子变化较小,并且随着波长的增加,非对称因子会逐渐增大。     

随机取向六角形冰晶粒子的散射特性研究

利用离散偶极子近似方法研究卷云中随机取向六角形冰晶粒子的取向比对散射特性的影响,数值计算了在小尺度范围内随机取向六角形冰晶粒子的散射特征量,包括散射相函数、消光效率因子、不对称因子、单次散射反照率和线偏振度。研究表明:取向比对随机取向六角形冰晶粒子散射特征量的影响比较明显,并且此影响随着粒子尺度参数的变化而变化,与入射波长无关;相同尺度参量和不同取向比粒子的散射相函数的角分布曲线均有一个交点,并且随着粒子尺度参量的增加,交点所对应的散射角度值逐渐向小角度方向移动。此研究结果为气溶胶粒形检测和识别提供了理论依据。     

球形雾霾粒子的紫外光散射偏振特性研究

在我国经济社会快速发展的同时,雾霾天气成为了突出的环境问题,雾霾粒子的测量非常重要。偏振紫外光与大气雾霾粒子发生散射后,散射光偏振状态(Stokes矢量以及偏振度)的改变能反映雾霾粒子的相关物理特性(粒径、复杂折射率等)。基于Mie散射理论建立了紫外光雾霾球形粒子直视和非直视单次散射模型,研究了单个球形粒子和链状结构球形粒子物理特性的改变对散射光偏振状态的影响,并用蒙特卡洛仿真分析已知粒径分布的雾霾粒子浓度对散射光偏振状态的影响。结果表明：针对单个球形粒子,随着粒子粒径的增大Stokes矢量中散射光光强(I_s)随之增强,粒子复折射率虚部为先增大后较小,偏振度也是在不断增大,且复折射率虚部较小时,偏振度增加趋势快;对于粒径分布不变的雾霾粒子,随着粒子的浓度增加,雾霾粒子的散射系数、消光系数和吸收系数均呈线性增加,但是I_s先增大后减小。针对链状球形粒子,随着粒子个数的增加,I_s均呈现增大的趋势,且偏振度可用于区分链状球形粒子是否由相同球形粒子组成; 相同球形粒子组成链状结构中,I_s随着粒子数量的增加而线性增大,偏振度不改变;不同球形粒子组成的链状结构,I_s以及偏振度的变化趋势可以区分粒子物理特性。     

非球形椭球粒子参数变化对光偏振特性的影响

针对自然界中多数沙尘、烟煤粒子的非球形问题, 在球形粒子偏振特性的基础上, 进一步研究非球形椭球粒子的折射率、有效半径、粒子形状等参数变化对光偏振特性的影响, 采用基于T矩阵的非球形粒子仿真方法, 模拟非偏振光经椭球粒子传输后光的偏振特性及其与球形粒子间的差异, 并以实际沙尘、海洋、烟煤三种气溶胶粒子为例说明结果的正确性. 结果表明: 当折射率实部越小, 虚部越大时, 球形粒子与非球形粒子的偏振差异越不明显; 当粒子有效半径增加时, 球形粒子偏振度的变化比非球形粒子更为明显, 且最大值分别出现在散射角为150°和120°的位置; 当粒子形状不同时, 不同形状椭球及球形粒子的差异在散射角小于60° 时并不明显, 且当椭球粒子纵横比互为倒数时, 两种粒子的偏振特性近似相同. 通过以上分析可知, 在光传输过程中, 椭球粒子多数情况下无法被近似为球形粒子进行计算.     

切比雪夫雾霾粒子的紫外光散射偏振特性研究

雾霾天气已严重影响人们的日常生活,通过检测雾霾粒子的紫外光散射偏振特性可以有效分析雾霾成因。矿物粒子、灰尘粒子等雾霾颗粒均有小规模表面粗糙度的形态学特征,因此可用切比雪夫粒子作为模型分析。“日盲”紫外光与切比雪夫雾霾粒子相互作用发生散射,散射光偏振特性可反演切比雪夫雾霾颗粒物理性质(如粒子尺寸参数、复杂折射率、粒子形变、波纹参数)。采用紫外光单次散射模型和T矩阵方法,仿真分析切比雪夫雾霾粒子物理参数与散射光偏振特性(Stokes矢量和偏振度)之间的关系,结果表明：粒径对散射光Stokes矢量Is和Qs随散射角的变化趋势影响很大,粒子的粒径和复杂折射率虚部的变化会造成散射光偏振度随散射角的变化趋势的改变;具体分析散射角度为10°时,得到粒径对Is和Qs的数值影响最大,当粒径r<1 μm时,Is随粒径呈现抛物线趋势;切比雪夫粒子形变的增大,Is呈现先增大后减小的趋势。     

Spectral Dependence of Quasi-Rayleigh Polarization Leap of Nonspherical Particles: Polystyrene Beads Application

Solid particles in Earth’s atmosphere, such as polystyrene beads, are an important factor affecting the processes of absorption and scattering of light in the atmosphere. These processes affect on the solar energy transfer in the Earth’s atmosphere, consequently they have influence on the regional and global climate changes and atmospheric visibility. In particular, great interest to study the scattering properties of small particles compared with wavelength, because of such particles experience low gravitational settlement and may have long time of life in the atmosphere. When scattering particle is much smaller than the wavelength of the scattered or absorbed light, this is the case of Rayleigh scattering. Scattering properties of these particles (such as intensity and the degree of linear polarization) at the Rayleigh scattering are simply derived from electromagnetic Maxwell’s equations. But when the particles are large enough to be comparable with the wavelength, the deviations from Rayleigh scattering law are observed. One of the clear manifestations of such deviations is the recently discovered quasi-Rayleigh polarization leap of monodisperse spherical particles. This quasi-Rayleigh polarization leap allows remote sensing of the sizes of distant particles, based on the spectral position of quasi-Rayleigh polarization leap at different phase angles of observation. In this paper, we studied the effect of the non-sphericity of a scattering polystyrene particle on the magnitude and position of the quasi-Rayleigh polarization leap. It is established that the non-sphericity shifts the position of the quasi-Rayleigh polarization leap shorter wavelengths. It is shown that for non-sphericity of particles makes the quasi-Rayleigh polarization leap becomes less pronounced. Moreover, it was found, that increasing of the phase angle and degree of non-sphericity shift the quasi-Rayleigh polarization leap position to shorter wavelength. However, in the case of not very elongated particles, the quasi-Rayleigh polarization leap is quite well manifested. Therefore, this method is suitable for remote sensing not only the size, but also the degree of non-sphericity of the scattering particles. A simple formula has been obtained for polystyrene beads that relates the degree of non-sphericity of a particle with the wavelength and phase angles at which the quasi-Rayleigh polarization leap is observed.     

Evidence for particle-shape sensitivity in the correlation between polarization states of light scattering

The cross correlation between polarization states of scattered laser speckle as a function of scattering angle is observed for a range of spherical and nonspherical particle suspensions. A variation in the degree of correlation between polarization states is observed, and this information is indicative of the particle shape. A comparison with a theoretical model for small particles is made, suggesting that variations in polarization correlation with angle originate from the nonisotropic polarizability of nonspheres. Experiments are also performed on large spheroids and random-shaped polydispersions, and the results indicate that the measurement method has significant potential for nonsphere detection and characterization.     

相对湿度对大气气溶胶消光系数的影响

消光系数是气溶胶颗粒物光学性质的关键参数之一。基于Mie散射理论和气溶胶颗粒粒径及折射率的湿度增长模型,本文详细研究了气溶胶吸湿性对其消光系数的影响。计算结果表明:当入射光波长为808nm、相对湿度在60%~95%之间增加时,因颗粒粒径的增长及折射率的减小,导致颗粒物消光系数曲线右移且其波动性更加明显;而对于同一球形颗粒,小粒径颗粒的消光系数随相对湿度的增加呈指数规律增大,较大粒径颗粒的则表现为波动减小趋势。此外,在不同入射光条件下,小颗粒消光系数与相对湿度之间的关系保持不变。本文的计算结果对气溶胶光学性质与大气环境质量的研究具有一定的参考价值。     

随机取向气溶胶凝聚粒子光学特性研究

利用Cluster-cluster aggregation (CCA)模型,模拟了由64个球形原始微粒凝聚而成的四种随机取向气溶胶凝聚粒子。结合离散偶极子近似方法,分别得到了不同入射角和不同尺寸参数情况下气溶胶凝聚粒子的吸收、散射、消光效率因子和不对称因子的数值结果,并比较分析了四种形状气溶胶凝聚粒子吸收、散射、消光效率因子和不对称因子的差异。结果显示：对于相同数目原始微粒的气溶胶凝聚粒子,其光学特性明显依赖于入射光的入射角度和气溶胶凝聚粒子的形状;对于不同尺寸参数的气溶胶凝聚粒子,当入射光波长给定时,吸收、散射和消光效率因子最初随尺寸参数增大而快速增大,随后又随尺寸参数增大缓慢变小,但在尺寸参数变化过程中存在一个极大值;不对称因子则随尺寸参数的增大一直呈增大趋势,且随尺寸参数的增大趋近于1。     

DDA simulations of light scattering by small irregular particles with various structure

We present DDA investigations of light scattering by irregular particles whose size is comparable with wavelength. We consider four types of randomly irregular particles: strongly damaged spheres, rough-surface spheres, pocked spheres, and agglomerated debris particles. Each type of particle is generated with a well defined algorithm producing an ensemble of stochastically different particles that have a common origin. The different types of irregular particles produce different angular dependencies of intensity and linear polarization degree. Transformation of phase curves of intensity and polarization with changing size parameter for irregular particles tends to be more monotonic, unlike spheres. We find that the magnitude of the negative polarization branch (NPB) tends to shrink as particle absorption increases; whereas, the maximal value and position of the positive polarization branch tends to increase. The most frequently observed shape of the negative polarization at small phase angles is asymmetric with a shift of the minimum position towards the angle of polarization sign inversion. All types of considered irregular particles reveal such asymmetry at x<10. Symmetric negative polarization branches occur seldom. The necessary conditions for their appearance are a relatively large size parameter x?10 to 12 and low absorption.     

Anomalous diffraction approximation method for retrieval of spherical and spheroidal particle size distributions in total light scattering

Using total light scattering technique to measure the particle size distribution has advantages of simplicity in measurement principle and convenience in the optical arrangement. However, the calculation of extinction efficiency based on Mie theory for a spherical particle is expensive in both time and resources. Thus, a simple but accurate approximation formula for the exact extinction efficiency may be very desirable. The accuracy and limitations of using the anomalous diffraction approximation (ADA) method for calculating the extinction efficiency of a spherical particle are investigated. Meanwhile, the monomodal and bimodal particle size distributions of spherical particles are retrieved using the genetic algorithm in the dependent model. Furthermore, the spheroidal model in the retrieval of non-spherical particle size distribution is also discussed, which verifies the non-sphericity has a significant effect on the retrieval of particle size distribution compared with the assumed homogeneous isotropic sphere. Both numerical computer simulations and experimental results illustrate that the ADA can be successfully applied to retrieve the particle size distributions for spherical and spheroidal particles with high stability even in the presence of random noise. The method has advantages of simplicity, rapidity, and suitability for in-line particle size measurement.     

Scattered Light Photometer for On-Line monitoring of size distribution parameters and particle number concentration

A scattered light photometer which monitors the particle number concentration of aerosols is described. The photometer measures the scattered light from illuminated submicron particle clouds with known material properties at certain scattering angles. Intensity ratios in combination with the degree of polarization are used to determine the mean particle diameter and the geometric standard deviation of an assumed log-normal particle size distribution. The determination of the particle size distribution is based on an algorithm which compares the measured and calculated (Mie theory) relative intensity quantities described. Furthermore, the particle number concentration is monitored from a single absolute intensity measurement at one scattering angle. In order to obtain quantitative results a spherical particle shape is required.