Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-1994
Publication Title
Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics Image Science and Vision
Abstract
Generalized Lorenz-Mie theory describes electromagnetic scattering of an arbitrary light beam by a spherical particle. The computationally most expensive feature of the theory is the evaluation of the beam-shape coefficients, which give the decomposition of the incident light beam into partial waves. The so-called localized approximation to these coefficients for a focused Gaussian beam is an analytical function whose use greatly simplifies Gaussian-beam scattering calculations. A mathematical justification and physical interpretation of the localized approximation is presented for on-axis beams.
Repository Citation
Lock, James A. and Gouesbet, Gérard, "Rigorous Justification of the Localized Approximation to the Beam Shape Coefficients in Generalized Lorenz-Mie Theory .1. On-Axis Beams" (1994). Physics Faculty Publications. 111.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/sciphysics_facpub/111
Original Citation
Lock, James A. and Gérard Gouesbet. "Rigorous Justification of the Localized Approximation to the Beam Shape Coefficients in Generalized Lorenz-Mie Theory .1. On-Axis Beams." Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics Image Science and Vision 11 (1994): 2503-2515.
DOI
10.1364/JOSAA.11.002503
Version
Publisher's PDF
Publisher's Statement
This paper was published in Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics Image Science and Vision and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josaa/abstract.cfm?URI=josaa-11-9-2503. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.
Volume
11
Issue
9
