Extinction and the optical theorem. Part I. Single particles

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

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1504-1513

  Berg, Matthew J ^a   Sorensen, Christopher M ^a   Chakrabarti, Amitabha ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COLLIMATED BEAMS; CONCEPTUAL PHASE; ENERGY FLOWS; OPTICAL THEOREM; SINGLE PARTICLES;

EID: 51849167023     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.25.001504     Document Type: Article

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