Tenth Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering
DOI: 10.1615/ICHMT.2007.ConfElectromagLigScat
ISBN Print: 978-1-56700-244-7
Polarization Symmetries in Electromagnetic Scattering
pages 25-28
DOI: 10.1615/ICHMT.2007.ConfElectromagLigScat.90
RÉSUMÉ
In this paper we consider ways in which macroscopic symmetries impact on the structure and information content of scattering matrices in vector electromagnetic theory. We show how these symmetries can lead to a consistent and complete parameterization of depolarization behaviour and examine the potential for using these ideas to extract information about non-spherical and complex particles in random media scattering applications.