Simulation and Analysis of Light Scattering by Air Bubble in Optical Glass

Abstract:

Mie scattering theory is used in this paper to analyze the forward scattered light intensity distribution of an air bubble in the subsurface of optical glass, shining by a monochrome laser with a wavelength of 632.8um. The scattering process can be classified as uncorrelated single scattering .according to the properties of optical media. The finite difference time domain (FDTD) software is used to establish a 3-d simulation model to calculate for forward scattered intensity distribution of different sized air bubbles. Moreover, according to the relationship between Mie scattering intensity pattern and the size of bubbles, the size of bubbles are figured out with the help of neural network algorithm. The errors are lower than 10%. The simulation results can improve the precision of defects detection in optical glass.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1096)
• Pages: 98-102
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1096.98
• Online since: April 2015
• Authors: Sai Zhang*, Kai Wei Wang, Fan He, Bin Zhou
• Keywords: Air Bubble Defect, FDTD, Mie Scattering, Optical Glass

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