Mie scattering by a spherical particle in an absorbing medium

摘要

We show that the large-size parameter limit of the scattering efficiency of a spherical particle of relative refractive index m(r) embedded in an absorbing medium is equal to m(r) - 1(2) / m(r) + 1(2) and not to zero as has been claimed in a recent article [J. Appl. Opt. 40, 13-54-1361 (2001)]. (C) 2002 Optical Society of America. [References: 5]