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Multiple backscattering of light by a layer of a discrete random medium is considered. A brief derivation of equations for describing the coherent and incoherent components of scattered light is presented. These equations are solved numerically in the approximation of doubled scattering of light by a semi-infinite medium of spherical scatterers having a size comparable with the wavelength in order to study the effect of the properties of particles on the angular dependence of interference effects. Calculations show that the half-width of the interference peak decreases upon an increase in lateral scattering by particles and that the degree of polarization has a complex angular dependence on the properties of the particles. For an optically thin layer of the medium, the relations defining the interference peak half-width and the scattering angle upon extreme linear polarization as functions of the effective refractive index are given.
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Translated from Optika i Spektroskopiya, Vol. 93, No. 6, 2002, pp. 975–984.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2002 by V. Tishkovets, Litvinov, S. Tishkovets.
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Tishkovets, V.P., Litvinov, P.V. & Tishkovets, S.V. Interference effects in backscattering of light by a layer of a discrete random medium. Opt. Spectrosc. 93, 899–907 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1531714
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