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Semiclassical Scattering of an Electric Dipole Source Inside a Spherical Particle
Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics Image Science and Vision
  • James A. Lock, Cleveland State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2001
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Abstract

Semiclassical scattering phenomena appearing in the far-zone scattered intensity of a point source of electromagnetic radiation inside a spherical particle are examined in the context of both ray theory and wave theory, and the evolution of the phenomena is studied as a function of source position. A number of semiclassical effects that do not occur for plane-wave scattering by the sphere appear prominently for scattering by an interior source. These include a series of scattering resonances and a new family of rainbows in regions of otherwise total internal reflection. Diffractive effects accompanying the semiclassical phenomena are also examined. (C) 2001 Optical Society of America.

DOI
10.1364/JOSAA.18.003085
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Lock, James A. "Semiclassical Scattering of an Electric Dipole Source Inside a Spherical Particle." Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics Image Science and Vision 18 (2001): 3085-3097.