Electromagnetic scattering and absorption by randomly oriented fibers

In this paper, we numerically calculate the extinction, scattering, absorption, and radar cross sections for a randomly oriented finite conducting fiber. Calculations in the long (centimeter) and short (infrared) wavelengths are presented and compared with the fixed orientation value when the incident electric field is aligned along the fiber length. The calculations presented in this paper are necessary for the parametrization of fibers to play the role of efficient obscurant and anti-radio frequency interference.