Absorption and scattering properties of dense ensembles of nonspherical particles

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

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3508-3516

  Auger, Jean Claude ^a   Martinez, Vincent ^b   Stout, Brian ^c  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DENSE ENSEMBLES; DIELECTRIC PARTICLES; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLES; RECURSIVE CENTERED T-MATRIX ALGORITHM (RCTMA);

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 37549026175     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.24.003508     Document Type: Article

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