Multiple-scattering calculations for layered phononic structures of nonspherical particles

Absorption and scattering properties of dense ensembles of nonspherical particles.

The purpose of this work is to show that an appropriate multiple T-matrix formalism can be useful in performing qualitative studies of the optical properties of colloidal systems composed of nonspherical objects (despite limitations concerning nonspherical particle packing densities). In this work we have calculated the configuration averages of scattering and absorption cross sections of diffe...

Comparison of scattering by different nonspherical, wavelength-scale particles

It is well established that spherical and nonspherical particles scatter light differently. There are a large number of studies where scattering properties of different nonspherical particles are studied. Here we study to what degree scattering matrices of different nonspherical particles resembles each other, and whether there are significant correlations between morphological similarity and s...

Electromagnetic scattering by nonspherical particles: A tutorial review

This tutorial review is intended to provide an accessible and self-contained introduction to the discipline of electromagnetic scattering by nonspherical particles and discuss the most general ways in which the scattering and absorption properties of particles and small random particle groups are affected by particle morphology. The main focus is on how nonsphericity influences our way of descr...

Light scattering by slightly nonspherical particles on surfaces.

We investigate the shape dependence of the scattering by dielectric and metallic particles on surfaces by considering particles whose free-space scattering properties are nearly identical. The scattering by metallic particles is strongly dependent on the shape of the particle in the region near where the particle touches the surface. The scattering by dielectric particles displays a weaker, but...

Electromagnetic Wave Scattering in Random Layered Structures