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SCATMECH:
Polarized Light Scattering C++ Class Library

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SCATMECH is an object-oriented C++ class library developed to distribute models for light scattering applications. Included in the library are models for diffuse surface scattering that predict the bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF), codes for calculating scattering by isolated particles, and codes for reflection, transmission, and diffraction from gratings. Emphasis has been given to those diffuse scatter models that are physics-based and which predict the polarization properties of the scattered light. The library also includes a number of classes that are useful for working with polarized light or the optics of thin films. The library is designed to enable expansion of new models.

Current Version

Download version 7.00 (January 2015)
See version history

Author

Thomas A. Germer

Modeled Integrated Scatter Tool (MIST)

The MIST program has been developed to provide users with a general application to model an integrated scattering system. The program performs an integration of the bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) over solid angles specified by the user and allows the dependence of these integrals on model parameters to be investigated. The MIST program can access any model inheriting BRDF_Model. See MIST Website to download.

Table of Contents

Home
Introduction
Classes and Functions

• Polarization
• Optical properties of materials
• Free-space scattering models
• Grating models
• Surface scattering models
• Property models
• Utility

Example Programs

• BRDFProg
• RCWProg
• ReflectProg
• MieProg

Conventions
Console Interface
Writing your own BRDF_Model
Compiling the Library
Download Files
Version History
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