The role of the angular momentum of light in Mie scattering. Excitation of dielectric spheres with Laguerre-Gaussian modes

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 50-55

  Zambrana Puyalto, Xavier ^a,b   Molina Terriza, Gabriel ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b School of Mathematics and Physics   (Australia)

Author keywords

Laguerre Gaussian; Mie; Multipole; Resonances; Scattering

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM OF LIGHT; DIELECTRIC SPHERES; LAGUERRE GAUSSIAN BEAMS; LAGUERRE-GAUSSIAN; LAGUERRE-GAUSSIAN MODES; MIE; MULTIPOLES; SCATTERED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS; RESONANCE; SCATTERING;

ELECTRIC EXCITATION;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LIGHT SCATTERING; MIE THEORY; RESONANCE; RIPPLE;

EID: 84880617204     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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