Calculation of the near field of aggregates of arbitrary spheres

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 804-809

  Xu, Hongxing ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

ARBITRARY SPHERES; MIE THEORY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT;

EID: 2342480428     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.21.000804     Document Type: Article

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