Analysis of nonlinear elastic scattering of light from a microdroplet.

• Other Authors: Ng, Chiu-king.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Chinese University of Hong Kong 1994
• Subjects: Elastic scattering; Light scattering; Nonlinearm theories
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5888163; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-318219

by Ng Chiu-king. === Title also in Chinese characters. === Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 189-195). === ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.v === ABSTRACT --- p.vi === Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 === Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- STANDARD MIE SCATTERING AND MORPHOLOGY DEPENDENT RESONANCES --- p.5 === Chapter 2.1 --- General Descriptions --- p.6 === Chapter 2.1.1 --- Nonresonant Scattering --- p.13 === Chapter 2.1.1.1 --- Internal Intensity --- p.13 === Chapter 2.1.1.2 --- Understanding in Terms of Geometric Optics --- p.14 === Chapter 2.1.2 --- Resonances --- p.19 === Chapter 2.1.2.1 --- Q-factor --- p.23 === Chapter 2.1.2.2 --- Internal Intensity --- p.25 === Chapter 2.1.2.3 --- Understanding in Terms of Geometric Optics --- p.28 === Chapter 2.2 --- Theories --- p.31 === Chapter 2.2.1 --- Nonresonances --- p.31 === Chapter 2.2.2 --- Resonances --- p.32 === Chapter 2.2.2.1 --- TE Mode in Lorentzian Form --- p.32 === Chapter 2.2.2.2 --- Degradation due to Absorption --- p.35 === Chapter 2.2.3 --- Response to a Pulse --- p.37 === Chapter 2.2.3.1 --- Nonresonant Modes --- p.38 === Chapter 2.2.3.2 --- Resonant Modes --- p.39 === Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- NONLINEAR MIE SCATTERING AND THE PROPOSED MECHANISMS --- p.42 === Chapter 3.1 --- NRL Experiment --- p.42 === Chapter 3.1.1 --- Observations --- p.42 === Chapter 3.1.2 --- Parameters --- p.43 === Chapter 3.1.3 --- Evidence of Q Degradation --- p.45 === Chapter 3.2 --- Proposed Mechanisms --- p.49 === Chapter 3.2.1 --- Volume Perturbation due to electrostrictively Generated Acoustic Waves --- p.50 === Chapter 3.2.2 --- Surface Perturbation due to Shape Distortion --- p.50 === Chapter 3.2.3 --- Stimulated Brillouin Scattering --- p.51 === Chapter 3.2.4 --- Bubbles Formation --- p.52 === Chapter 3.3 --- Envelope Fluctuation --- p.53 === Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- ELECTROSTRICTION AND THE PERTURBATION THEORY OF THE LINEWIDTH --- p.55 === Chapter 4.1 --- Electrostriction --- p.55 === Chapter 4.2 --- Perturbation of the Linewidth --- p.42 === Chapter 4.2.1 --- Theory --- p.58 === Chapter 4.2.2 --- Remarks --- p.60 === Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- ELECTROSTRICTIVELY GENERATED ACOUSTIC VIBRATIONS --- p.64 === Chapter 5.1 --- Estimate of Density Change --- p.64 === Chapter 5.2 --- Pressure Disturbances --- p.65 === Chapter 5.3 --- Electrostrictively Coupled Coefficients --- p.67 === Chapter 5.4 --- Validity of Impulse Approach --- p.70 === Chapter 5.5 --- An Expedient Model --- p.71 === Chapter 5.5.1 --- Fractional Change in Density --- p.73 === Chapter 5.5.2 --- Q Degradation --- p.81 === Chapter 5.6 --- Exact Result --- p.88 === Chapter 5.7 --- Nonimpulse Approach to Resonant Mode --- p.89 === Chapter 5.7.1 --- Results --- p.91 === Chapter 5.8 --- Chapter Conclusion --- p.93 === Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- LOW-FREQUENCY SURFACE OSCILLATIONS --- p.94 === Chapter 6.1 --- Surface Bulging --- p.95 === Chapter 6.1.1 --- Equation of Motion --- p.97 === Chapter 6.1.2 --- Results --- p.100 === Chapter 6.1.3 --- Justification of Incompressibi1ity --- p.109 === Chapter 6.2 --- Q Degradation --- p.110 === Chapter 6.2.1 --- Experimental Situation --- p.111 === Chapter 6.2.1.1 --- Single Pulse --- p.114 === Chapter 6.2.1.2 --- Pulse Train --- p.116 === Chapter 6.2.2 --- Hypothetical Bulging --- p.119 === Chapter 6.3 --- Further Investigations --- p.123 === Chapter 6.4 --- Chapter Conclusion --- p.130 === Chapter CHAPTER 7 --- STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING --- p.131 === Chapter 7.1 --- General Descriptions --- p.132 === Chapter 7.1.1 --- Resonant SBS --- p.133 === Chapter 7.1.2 --- One Gain Mode --- p.136 === Chapter 7.2 --- SBS Pressure Disturbances --- p.137 === Chapter 7.3 --- Pulse Train --- p.140 === Chapter 7.3.1 --- Necessity of Projection --- p.141 === Chapter 7.3.2 --- Amplitude of Projected Mode --- p.143 === Chapter 7.4 --- Results --- p.145 === Chapter 7.5 --- Remarks --- p.150 === Chapter 7.6 --- Chapter Conclusion --- p.155 === Chapter CHAPTER 8 --- BUBBLE FORMATION --- p.156 === Chapter 8.1 --- Degradation due to Cavitations --- p.157 === Chapter 8.2 --- Coalescence of Gas Bubbles --- p.159 === Chapter 8.3 --- Acoustic Cavitation --- p.161 === Chapter 8.4 --- Chapter Conclusion --- p.165 === Chapter CHAPTER 9 --- CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION --- p.166 === APPENDIX A --- p.170 === APPENDIX B --- p.175 === APPENDIX C --- p.180 === APPENDIX D --- p.184 === APPENDIX E --- p.187 === REFERENCES --- p.189