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An algorithm based upon a Monte Carlo procedure for calculating the scattering and absorption by a host particle containing a distribution of particulate inclusions is described. The host particle is sufficiently large so that ray optics can be applied. The inclusions are too small for ray optics but sufficiently large so that the full boundary-value formalism must be used. A major consideration is to determine whether the internal structure is better resolved when slit-scan illumination is utilized rather than plane wave illumination. The algorithm is tested for a layered sphere for which the boundary value solution is available.
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Bhandari, R., Kerker, M. Monte Carlo analysis of the internal structure of light scattering particles with slit-scan illumination. J Stat Phys 52, 1263–1283 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01011646
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