Wang Yangyundou, Schouten Hugo F, Visser Taco D
J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis. 2016 Apr 1;33(4):513-8. doi: 10.1364/JOSAA.33.000513.
We derive analytic expressions relating Mie scattering with partially coherent fields to scattering with fully coherent fields. These equations are then used to demonstrate how the intensity of the forward- or backward-scattered field can be suppressed several orders of magnitude by tuning the spatial coherence properties of the incident field. This method allows the creation of cone-like scattered fields, with the angle of maximum intensity given by a simple formula.
