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Coherence modification and phase singularities on scattering by a sphere: Mie formulation

Abstract

When light that is spatially partially coherent, such as sunlight, is incident on a sphere, the scattered field exhibits surprising coherence properties. The observed oscillatory behavior with deep minima means that the field in certain pairs of directions is highly correlated, whereas in others, it is essentially uncorrelated, and can even have correlation singularities. Because any subsequent scattering event is strongly affected by the state of coherence, these results are particularly important for multiple scattering in discrete disordered media.

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