Consummate Solution to the Problem of Classical Electromagnetic Scattering by an Ensemble of Spheres. 2. Clusters of Arbitrary Configuration

Abstract

The order-of-scattering approach developed earlier and applied there to the case of linear chains of spheres is extended to the more difficult problem of scattering by clusters of spheres, the centers of which no longer need lie on a common axis. To help establish the validity of this most general calculation, comparisons are made between theoretical and experimental results for triangular and tetrahedral arrays of spheres. We also perform calculations based on an older method that requires the inversion of matrices, and we find that for the cases considered here the order-of-scattering method is substantially faster. Keywords: Light scattering, Reprints.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA218126

Entities

People

  • G. W. Kattawar
  • K. A. Fuller

Organizations

  • Texas A&M University

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Coefficients
  • Contracts
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Experimental Data
  • Harmonics
  • Intensity
  • Light Scattering
  • Military Research
  • Optics
  • Particles
  • Physics
  • Scattering
  • Triangles
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Quantum Chemistry