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Researchers have studied the statistics of the fluctuations of the scattered intensity from a small number of non-interacting particles for many years. For such samples, the statistics deviate from typical Gaussian behaviour and the normalized moments of the fluctuations of the scattered intensity become a function of the mean number of scatterers in the illuminated area. For instance, the measurement of the second moment provides a simple method for determining the scatterer surface density. In this chapter, we present an extension of these studies by including the interaction between the scatterers. In particular, we focus on systems consisting of isotropic and non-isotropic particles located on flat substrates. We demonstrate that the probability of detecting zeros in the cross-polarized scattered intensity can be a useful characterizing tool.
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Ortiz, E.M., González, F., Moreno, F. (2000). Intensity Statistics of the Light Scattered by Particles on Surfaces. In: Moreno, F., González, F. (eds) Light Scattering from Microstructures. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 534. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46614-2_11
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