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Scattering by small thin dielectric particles

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In the analysis of electromagnetic scattering by distributions of small dielectric particles an approximation to the scattered field can be obtained by representing the electrical interaction of the particles in terms of the dipole moments of the individual particles. The calculation of the moments necessitates the solution of certain static scattering problems, and this becomes numerically difficult when the particles are thin. An integral equation formulation of the static scattering problem specialized to the case of thin planar dielectric plates is presented, along with an efficient numerical routine. Dipole moments are obtained over a range of permittivities for plates with several thicknesses and a variety of cross-sectional shapes, and the shape dependence is discussed.

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  1. D. A. Ksienski

    Present address: Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics Department, Case Western Reserve University, 44106, Cleveland, OH, USA

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  1. Radiation Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Michigan, 48109, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

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Ksienski, D.A., Senior, T.B.A. Scattering by small thin dielectric particles. Appl. Phys. B 38, 225–231 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00818048

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