Interactions of Light with Small Particles

Craig F. Bohren is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. Professor Bohren is the author of several books, and the first recipient of the American Meteorological Society’s Louis J. Battan Award for Authors. Donald R. Huffman (1935-2025) was Regents Professor of Physics at the University of Arizona. Professor Huffman was honored (along with colleague Wolfgang Krätschmer) with the MRS medal and shared in the 1994 Hewlett-Packard Europhysics Prize. Eugene E. Clothiaux is a Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. Professor Clothiaux has written several contributions on millimeter wave cloud radar and atmospheric radiation.

• Volume IPreface to the First Edition xiPreface to the Second Edition xiiiAcknowledgments xvii1. Introduction 12. Electromagnetic Theory 273. Absorption and Scattering by an Arbitrary Particle 1354. Absorption, Scattering, and Emission by a Sphere 1775. Particles Small Compared with the Wavelength 2796. Rayleigh–Gans Approximation 3497. Geometrical Optics 365Volume IIPreface to the First Edition xiiiPreface to the Second Edition xvAcknowledgments xix8. A Potpourri of Particles 4179. Classical Theories of Optical Constants 50910. Measured Optical Constants 57311. Extinction 60512. Surface Modes in Small Particles 68513. Directional Dependence of Scattering 753References 817Index 897