Light Scattering in Terms of Oscillator Strengths and Refractive Indices Export

@article{citeulike:6067745, abstract = {Quantum-mechanical expressions for nonresonance-dipole light-scattering cross sections are related to corresponding expressions for oscillator strengths and refractive indices. In particular, Rayleigh and Raman cross sections for atoms are expressed in terms of oscillator strengths and vector-coupling coefficients. Several of our results, including the relationship between Rayleigh scattering and refractive index, differ in general from the corresponding results of classical dispersion theory. We show that these differences arise from antisymmetric components Ckja=(Ckj - Cjk)/2 of the polarizability tensor, which have been neglected in the classical analyses. Calculated Rayleigh cross sections for cesium and aluminum atoms, and Raman cross sections for aluminum atoms are presented to illustrate our results. The antisymmetric contribution is found to be substantial in all of these cross sections; its most obvious effect is to cause the depolarization (for linearly polarized incident light) to exceed 3 over extended wavelength ranges away from resonance. On the other hand, for atoms initially in states of zero angular momentum, and molecules under conditions which allow the use of Placzek's polarizability approximation, our results agree with those of classical dispersion theory.}, author = {Penney, Carl M.}, citeulike-article-id = {6067745}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSA.59.000034}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?id=53598}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1364/JOSA.59.000034}, journal = {J. Opt. Soc. Am.}, keywords = {air, atmospheric, rayleigh, refractive\_index, scattering}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {34--40}, posted-at = {2009-11-04 13:43:42}, priority = {2}, publisher = {OSA}, title = {Light Scattering in Terms of Oscillator Strengths and Refractive Indices}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSA.59.000034}, volume = {59}, year = {1969} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6067745 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6067745 N2 - Quantum-mechanical expressions for nonresonance-dipole light-scattering cross sections are related to corresponding expressions for oscillator strengths and refractive indices. In particular, Rayleigh and Raman cross sections for atoms are expressed in terms of oscillator strengths and vector-coupling coefficients. Several of our results, including the relationship between Rayleigh scattering and refractive index, differ in general from the corresponding results of classical dispersion theory. We show that these differences arise from antisymmetric components Ckja=(Ckj - Cjk)/2 of the polarizability tensor, which have been neglected in the classical analyses. Calculated Rayleigh cross sections for cesium and aluminum atoms, and Raman cross sections for aluminum atoms are presented to illustrate our results. The antisymmetric contribution is found to be substantial in all of these cross sections; its most obvious effect is to cause the depolarization (for linearly polarized incident light) to exceed 3 over extended wavelength ranges away from resonance. On the other hand, for atoms initially in states of zero angular momentum, and molecules under conditions which allow the use of Placzek’s polarizability approximation, our results agree with those of classical dispersion theory. IS - 1 JF - J. Opt. Soc. Am. EP - 40 TI - Light Scattering in Terms of Oscillator Strengths and Refractive Indices PB - OSA VL - 59 SP - 34 KW - air KW - atmospheric KW - rayleigh KW - refractive_index KW - scattering AU - Penney, Carl PY - 1969/01/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSA.59.000034 ER -