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Coherent backscattering of unpolarized incident light by random media of discrete scatterers leads to an opposition effect in scattered intensity (enhanced backscattering) and a surge of negative degree of linear polarization (negative polarization). We describe three computational techniques suitable for the multiple scattering problem at hand: second-order and sixth-order ray-tracing techniques for dark media, and a coherent-backscattering radiative-transfer technique for both dark and bright media. All three techniques are radiative-transfer-like approximations to the rigorous electromagnetic scattering theory. We discuss example results for miscellaneous random media of scatterers.
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Muinonen, K., Videen, G., Zubko, E., Shkuratov, Y. (2002). Numerical Techniques for Backscattering by Random Media. In: Videen, G., Kocifaj, M. (eds) Optics of Cosmic Dust. NATO Science Series, vol 79. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0628-6_16
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