ISSN:
1077-3118
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Expanding on developments presented in an earlier paper, theoretical expressions for the scattering coefficients of a homogeneous, absorbing, spherical particle irradiated by a fifth-order Gaussian beam are presented for the special case of the particle center located on the propagation axis of the beam. For this case, evaluation of two-dimensional surface integrals, required in computing the scattering coefficients for the most general particle location, is reduced to a computationally more efficient one-dimensional integral. For a typical size parameter α=πd/λ=17, the CPU time required for calculation of scattering coefficients is reduced by a factor of ∼1500 by using the simplified coefficient expressions. In addition, computation of electromagnetic field components is reduced from double summation to single summation expressions, further simplifying the field calculations.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.101932
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