An experiment to measure Mie and Rayleigh total scattering cross sections

作者：Anthony J. Cox, Alan J. DeWeerd, J. P. van der Linden · 发表于：American Journal of Physics · 年份：2002 · DOI：10.1119/1.1466815 · 被引用次数：286 · 研究领域：Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies、Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics

We present an undergraduate-level experiment using a conventional absorption spectrophotometer to measure the wavelength dependence of light scattering from small dielectric spheres suspended in water. The experiment yielded total scattering cross-section values throughout the visible region that were in good agreement with theoretical values predicted by the Rayleigh and Mie theories.