Abstract:
A new mathematical model is stated for the polarized radiation transfer in the two-media planar layer with
internal reflecting and refractins interface. Solution of the general vectorial boundary-value problem for the
kinetic equation is reduced to computing the vectorial optical transfer operator (VOTO). The VOTO kernels
are tensors of the influence functions (TIP) of both media. The basic models of the vectorial influence functions
(VIF's) are distinguished. The $T$-matrix method is developed and generalized to a multiple scattering theory
with the mechanism of the radiation polarization and depolarization in two-media system taken into account.