Application of the pseudospectral time-domain method to the scattering of light by nonspherical particles

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

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 785-790

  Chen, Guang ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Kattawar, George W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

LORENZ-MIE THEORY; PSEUDOSPECTRAL TIME-DOMAIN METHOD; T-MATRIX METHOD;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 44349118658     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.25.000785     Document Type: Article

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