Application of the extended boundary condition method to particles with sharp edges: A comparison of two surface integration approaches

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 3101-3109

  Kahnert, F Michael ^a   Stamnes, Jakob J ^a   Stamnes, Knut ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

SURFACE INTEGRATION;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0005385122     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.003101     Document Type: Article

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