Light scattering from anisotropic particles: propagation,localization, and nonlinearity

Plasmon resonances and extraordinary light scatterings of a nanoparticle with radial anisotropy are studied and summarized. The coupling between localized surface plasmons and far‐field quantities is discussed. It is found that the presence of radial anisotropy redistributes the localization of plasmons and also results in certain novel phenomena in the far zone, which provide the possibility of scattering control such as electromagnetic transparency, enhanced scattering cross section, etc. The nonlinear optical response is explored in order to yield deeper physical insight into the interaction between plasmons and incident light.     

Quantum theory of light propagation II. Application to Raman scattering

We present the quantum theory of propagation in Raman scattering of a strong laser field using space and time dependent modal operators governed by the Heisenberg-like equation involving the momentum operator and Heisenberg equation. We adopt the quasidistribution related to anti-normal ordering of boson operators and the generalized superposition of the coherent field and quantum noise. We study the temporal and onedimensional spatial evolution of the photon and phonon statistics, the quadrature variances, as well as the mean integrated intensity of the fields, including the nonclassical ones.The author would like to express his sincere thanks to Professor J. Peina for advice, comments and stimulating discussions.This work was partially supported by the grant PV202/1994 of Czech Ministry of Education and by an internal grant of the Palacký University.     

Light propagation in and outside a sphere illuminated by plane waves of light

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The propagation dynamics of ultraviolet light filament with Rayleigh scattering in air

In this paper we present for the first time the effects of Rayleigh scattering on the long distance propagation of ultraviolet （UV） light filament in air based on the stationary analysis. The simulation results show that the effects of Rayleigh scattering on the propagation of UV laser filaments may not be ignored. These influences are slightly dependent on the laser wavelength. We also compare the UV filament propagations at different input powers in the presence and the absence of the Rayleigh scattering and discuss the mechanisms of power loss and beam defocusing. In the absence of Rayleigh scattering, the filament propagation is determined by the oscillating behaviour of the beam size. In the presence of the scattering, the propagation lengths of filament are close to each other at different initial powers and determined by the Rayleigh scattering.     

Discrete ordinates method for propagation of light in highly scattering vascular tissues

This work considers the propagation of light in a semitransparent layer of vascular tissue, submitted to radiative boundary conditions. The solution procedure must provide accurate light distribution in the layer, so a discrete ordinates method based on the exact transport theory is carried out. An advantage of this method is its ability to account easily for various boundary conditions as well as optical heterogeneity. The influences of anisotropic scattering, optical discontinuity, optical parameters of tissue and refractive index on radiant fluence rate are investigated carefully. It is shown that reflections tend to produce more uniform profiles within the tissue.     

Analysis of light propagation in highly scattering media by path-length-assigned Monte Carlo simulations

Numerical analysis of optical propagation in highly scattering media is investigated when light is normally incident to the surface and re-emerges backward from the same point. This situation corresponds to practical light scattering setups, such as in optical coherence tomography. The simulation uses the path-length-assigned Monte Carlo method based on an ellipsoidal algorithm. The spatial distribution of the scattered light is determined and the dependence of its width and penetration depth on the path-length is found. The backscattered light is classified into three types, in which ballistic, snake, and diffuse photons are dominant.     

Light outcoupling efficiency enhancement in organic light emitting diodes using an organic scattering layer

Crystallized 4,7‐diphyenyl‐1,10‐phenanthroline (BPhen) films deposited by convenient vacuum thermal evaporation technique have been found to be an efficient means to extract the substrate wave guided light in organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). The optimized BPhen film working as organic scattering layer was successfully used with OLEDs for light outcoupling efficiency improvement. Enhancement of 26%, 15% and 6% in efficiency of the blue, green and red OLEDs were obtained, respectively. The achievement was found to be advantageous in terms of simplicity of fabrication method and feasibility for large area OLED applications. (© 2014 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Light scattering from colloids

This paper presents a review of light scattering results on static and dynamic properties of ordered colloidal suspensions of charged polystyrene particles and fractal colloidal aggregates. Our studies on static structure factor,S(Q), of ordered monodisperse colloidal suspensions and binary mixtures of particles with different particle diameters, measured by angle-resolved Rayleigh scattering will be discussed. This will include determination of bulk modulus using gravitational compression and observation of colloidal glass (inferred from splitting of the second peak inS(Q)). Dynamic light scattering, with real time analysis of scattered intensity fluctuations, is used to get information about Brownian dynamics of the particles. Recent advances in the field of light scattering from colloidal aggregates which show fractal geometry will also be discussed.     

Resonance propagation in heavy-ion scattering

The formalism developed earlier by us for the propagation of a resonance in the nuclear medium in proton-nucleus collisions has been modified to the case of vector boson production in heavy-ion collisions. The formalism includes coherently the contribution to the observed di-lepton production from the decay of a vector boson inside as well as outside the nuclear medium. The medium modification of the boson is incorporated through an energy dependent optical potential. The calculated invariant ρ mass distributions are presented for the ρ-meson production using optical potentials estimated within the VDM and the resonance model. The shift in the invariant mass distribution is found to be small. To achieve the mass shift (of about 200 MeV towards lower mass) as indicated in the high energy heavy-ion collision experiments, an unusually strong optical potential of about −120 MeV is required. We also observe that, for not so heavy nuclear systems and/or for fast moving resonances, the shape, magnitude and peak position of the invariant mass distribution is substantially different if the contributions from the resonance decay inside and outside are summed-up at the amplitude level (coherently) or at the cross section level (incoherently).     

Light propagation in strongly scattering, random colloidal films: the role of the packing geometry

We study the propagation of light through randomly packed films of micron-sized spheres. Dried films consist of strongly scattering core-shell particles mixed with polymer spheres, which are then dissolved to tune the number of contacts, Z, among the remaining scatterers. The transport mean free path l* is measured from the width of the coherent backscattering cone; l*=2.1 microm when Z ~ 4-5, but increases twofold (scattering weakens) in a film with Z ~ 9-10. The results contradict the standard diffusive transport model, but are explained by accounting for optical coupling of contacting spheres.     

Visualization of light propagation

Abramson has demonstrated that by using the finite coherence properties of light, holograms can be constructed that allow one to visualize the path that a simulated light pulse takes through an optical system. We have demonstrated that using an alternate hologram construction and readout geometry, light with a very long coherence length can also be used to visualize light propagation. Experimental results showing well resolved time-sequence photographs of reflection, refraction, and diffraction in an optical system are given.     

Light scattering topography and photoluminescence topography

Two attractive methods for materials characterization are applied and discussed: (a) light scattering topography for fast and nondestructive testing of structural perfection, and (b) photoluminescence topography for evaluating the light emission characteristics of photoluminescent materials. Among the examples presented are semiconductor substrates and films of silicon, silicon-on-insulators of different kind, and III–V materials.     

Light scattering theories and computer codes

In aerosol science today light scattering simulations are regarded as an indispensable tool to develop new particle characterization techniques or in solving inverse light scattering problems. Light scattering theories and related computational methods have evolved rapidly during the past decade such that scattering computations for wavelength sized nonspherical scatterers can be easily performed. This significant progress has resulted from rapid advances in computational algorithms developed in this field and from improved computer hardware.In this paper a review of the recent progress of light scattering theories and available computational programs is presented. We will focus on exact theories and will not cover approximate methods such as geometrical optics. Short outlines of the various theories are given alongside with informations on their capabilities and restrictions.     

光的散射定律及其证明

本文从完全新的角度出发,建立起散射介质的整体散射模型,从而发现了普遍适用的光的散射定律,并且开拓了测量介质散射率的新的研究领域。     

光在激活光纤中的传输

本文推导了连续光及宽脉冲在激活光纤中的运动方程,采用激活物质极化的量子理论,在零级近似及一级近似情况下,对其运动方程进行了求解,并讨论了激活物质对脉冲群速度的影响,定量地描述了连续光及宽脉冲的振幅与位相及群速度在激活光纤中的变化行为。