Journal of the Optical Society of America · 1977 · 100 citations · 1 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsOpticsRadiative TransferRefractive IndexScattering ProblemsScattering ProcessesScattering TheoryExtinction CoefficientsLight Extinction CoefficientLight ScatteringLight Scattering By ParticlesOptical Extinction CoefficientOptical TheoremScattering By ParticlesScattering From Particles
Extinction for the scattering by small particles embedded in an absorbing medium is defined and a generalized form of an optical theorem is derived. In general, the extinction is related to both the forward and the backward scattering amplitude.
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