TY - JOUR
T1 - Importance sampling the Rayleigh phase function
AU - Frisvad, Jeppe Revall
N1 - This paper was published in The Journal of the Optical Society of America A (JOSA A) and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=josaa-28-12-2436. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Rayleigh scattering is used frequently in Monte Carlo simulation of multiple scattering. The Rayleigh phase
function is quite simple, and one might expect that it should be simple to importance sample it efficiently.
However, there seems to be no one good way of sampling it in the literature. This paper provides the details
of several different techniques for importance sampling the Rayleigh phase function, and it includes a comparison
of their performance as well as hints toward efficient implementation.
AB - Rayleigh scattering is used frequently in Monte Carlo simulation of multiple scattering. The Rayleigh phase
function is quite simple, and one might expect that it should be simple to importance sample it efficiently.
However, there seems to be no one good way of sampling it in the literature. This paper provides the details
of several different techniques for importance sampling the Rayleigh phase function, and it includes a comparison
of their performance as well as hints toward efficient implementation.
U2 - 10.1364/JOSAA.28.002436
DO - 10.1364/JOSAA.28.002436
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1084-7529
VL - 28
SP - 2436
EP - 2441
JO - Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
JF - Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
IS - 12
ER -