Computer Simulation of Light Propagation through a Scattering Medium.

Abstract

A Monte Carlo computer model was developed to simulate the propagation of light through a scattering/absorbing medium using various parameters and phase functions. The model permits characterization of the spatial and temporal spread of light traversing plane-parallel clouds. It was found that both the time and spatial spread of light in a scattering medium are independent of the details of the phase function for a cloud thickness of greater than 15 extinction lengths. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA057991

Entities

People

  • Miles Allen Millbach

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coast Guard
  • Communication Systems
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Direction Finding
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Geometry
  • Light Scattering
  • Mathematical Models
  • Mie Scattering
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Operating Systems
  • Optics
  • Particle Size
  • Rayleigh Scattering
  • Scattering

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Spectroscopy.