Rayleigh's Law

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Rayleigh’s Law

Rayleigh’s law states that when light of wavelength λ is incident on a medium consisting of dielectric particles with dimensions much smaller than λ, the intensity I of the scattered light is inversely proportional to the fourth power of the wavelength: I ~ λ^-4. The law was established by Lord Rayleigh in 1871.

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