A model of the polarized radiation transfer in a planar layer with interface of two media

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.