Abstract

A review is given of the classification of several different kinds of wave motion that are of physical interest. Effects of the wave medium, nonlinearity, transformation properties, interaction between wave systems, and quantization, are discussed briefly. Examples are given of the analogy between electromagnetic and Schrödinger waves, and of the calculational methods used both in normal mode and in scattering problems.

© 1962 Optical Society of America

Multiple Scattering of Waves and Optical Phenomena*

Victor Twersky
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 52(2) 145-171 (1962)

Atmospheric Scattering Coefficients in the Visible and Infrared Regions

G. L. Knestrick, T. H. Cosden, and J. A. Curcio
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 52(9) 1010-1016 (1962)

Angular Mie Scattering*

Rudolf Penndorf
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 52(4) 402-408 (1962)

Scattering and Extinction Coefficients for Small Absorbing and Nonabsorbing Aerosols*

Rudolf B. Penndorf
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 52(8) 896-904 (1962)

Elementary Results for Scattering by Large Cones*

J. E. Burke, L. Mower, and V. Twersky
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 52(10) 1093-1107 (1962)