List of problems for future research in generalized Lorenz-Mie theories and related topics, review and prospectus [invited]

The expression "generalized Lorenz-Mie theories" generically denotes a class of light-scattering theories describing the interaction between an illuminating electromagnetic arbitrary-shaped beam and a particle possessing a high degree of symmetry. This allows one to use the method of separ...

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Published in:Applied optics (2004) 2013-02, Vol.52 (5), p.897-916
Main Authors: Gouesbet, Gérard, Lock, James A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Basis functions
Beams (radiation)
Engineering Sciences
Illuminating
Lists
Optics
Photonic
Physics
Separation
Symmetry
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Summary:The expression "generalized Lorenz-Mie theories" generically denotes a class of light-scattering theories describing the interaction between an illuminating electromagnetic arbitrary-shaped beam and a particle possessing a high degree of symmetry. This allows one to use the method of separation of variables in which the illuminating beam is expressed as an expansion over a set of basis functions. Such theories have been derived and applied over the past 35 years. Although, as a whole, these theories are now well developed, there remains a list of problems to be solved, some of which are described in this paper.
ISSN:1559-128X
2155-3165
DOI:10.1364/AO.52.000897