V. A. Lyuboshenko, D. A. Elkhimov, O. A. Zayakin, S. P. Kotova, A. I. Ponomarev, T. N. Saptsina, “A study of light scattering in model media for developing a water sensor for jet fuel”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2025, Volume 55, Number 4,Pages <nobr>249

On the 45th Anniversary of the Samara Branch of the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

A study of light scattering in model media for developing a water sensor for jet fuel

V. A. Lyuboshenko^a, D. A. Elkhimov^a, O. A. Zayakin^b, S. P. Kotova^b, A. I. Ponomarev^b, T. N. Saptsina^b

^a Sarov branch of the Lomonosov Moscow State University
^b Samara Branch of P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Abstract: The paper presents the findings of a numerical and experimental study on the relationship between the scattered light intensity and scattering angle for water droplets in an immiscible liquid and of polystyrene microspheres in water. The study investigates the nature of nonmonotonic dependence of intensity on the amount of scattering impurity at certain specific angles. The work is a part of a project to develop an optical sensor for monitoring water content in jet fuel.

Keywords: Mie theory, light scattering on microspheres, clusters of density inhomogeneities, optical sensors.

Received: 20.05.2025
Accepted: 26.06.2025