The derivation of the Sh-matrices using the T-matrix method allows the shape-dependent parameters to be separated from size- and refractive-index-dependent parameters. This separation also allows for the surface integrals to be solved and for analytic solutions to the light-scattering from some irregular morphologies to be found. In this manuscript we derive solutions for capsule-shaped and bi-sphere particles. We analyze the two-dimensional patterns resulting from these two different simulants of B. subtilis spores. The large differences between the patterns suggest that simple approximations to complicated particles may not be adequate.

Date Published: 27 July 2007
PDF: 10 pages
Proc. SPIE 6733, International Conference on Lasers, Applications, and Technologies 2007: Environmental Monitoring and Ecological Applications; Optical Sensors in Biological, Chemical, and Engineering Technologies; and Femtosecond Laser Pulse Filamentation, 673323 (27 July 2007); doi: 10.1117/12.753112

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6733:
International Conference on Lasers, Applications, and Technologies 2007: Environmental Monitoring and Ecological Applications; Optical Sensors in Biological, Chemical, and Engineering Technologies; and Femtosecond Laser Pulse Filamentation
Gennadii G. Matvienko; Vladislav Panchenko; Petr Nikitin; Eugene Voropay; Vladimir S. Golubev; Arkadii P. Ivanov; Mikhail A. Khodasevich, Editor(s)