Convergence of the discrete dipole approximation II. An extrapolation technique to increase the accuracy

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

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2592-2601

  Yurkin, Maxim A ^a,b   Maltsev, Valeri P ^b,c   Hoekstra, Alfons G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL KINETICS AND COMBUSTION   (Russian Federation)

^c NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRAPOLATION;

CUBICALLY SHAPED PARTICLES; DISCRETE DIPOLE APPROXIMATION; DISCRETIZATION ERROR;

SCATTERING;

EID: 33751203830     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.002592     Document Type: Article

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