Abstracto
- This paper describes the imaging of spherical and non-spherical particle diffraction patterns using plane-wave illumination. A discussion is presented on both the theoretical analysis of the diffraction pattern of the particle on its image plane using the Lorenz–Mie theory and its applicability to non-spherical particles. The images obtained for both spherical and non-spherical particles are quantitatively compared to calculated results, and implications for particle position estimation of non-spherical particles are discussed.