Equiphase-sphere approximation for analysis of light scattering by arbitrarily shaped nonspherical particles

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 4497-4505

  Li, Xu ^a   Chen, Zhigang ^a   Taflove, Allen ^a   Backman, Vadim ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OSCILLATIONS; REMOTE SENSING;

MIE THEORY; SPHERICAL PARTICLES; SURFACE AREA; TOTAL SCATTERING CROSS SECTION (TSCS);

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 4344651114     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.004497     Document Type: Article

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