How does zero forward-scattering in magnetodielectric nanoparticles comply with the optical theorem?

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Alu, Andrea ^a   Engheta, Nader ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cloaking; invisibility; nanoparticles; Scattering

Indexed keywords

INVISIBILITY CLOAKS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCATTERING;

ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA; ARTIFICIAL MATERIAL; CLOAKING; INVISIBILITY; MAGNETODIELECTRIC SPHERES; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; SCATTERING FORMULATIONS; SCATTERING PATTERN;

FORWARD SCATTERING;

EID: 80455150183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3449103     Document Type: Article

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