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Closed form formula for Mie scattering of nonparaxial analogues of Gaussian beams

  • Institute of Optics
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  • University of Rochester Institute of Optics
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Abstract

A closed form formula is found for the Mie scattering coefficents of incident complex focus beams (which are a nonparaxial generalization of Gaussian beams) with any numerical aperture. This formula takes the compact form of multipoles evaluated at a single complex point. Included are the cases of incident scalar fields as well as electromagnetic fields with many polarizations, such as linear, circular, azimuthal and radial. Examples of incident radially and azimuthally polarized beams are presented.

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Research Output:
Contribution to journal
Article
Research
Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 5926-5933 (8 pages)

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Optics Express (Volume 16, Issue 8)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 14/04/2008

Publication status

Published - 14/04/2008

Publication IDs

  • Scopus: 42149174327
  • PubMed: 18542703