Scattering of electromagnetic waves by spheroidal particles: A novel approach exploiting the T matrix computed in spheroidal coordinates

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 33, 1998, Pages 7875-7896

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CRYSTALS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); VECTORS;

EXTENDED BOUNDARY CONDITION METHOD; HYDROSOLS; SEPARATION OF VARIABLES METHOD; SPHERICAL COORDINATES; SPHEROIDAL PARTICLES; STOKES SCATTERING MATRIX; T MATRIX;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0032553286     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.007875     Document Type: Article

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