318 Index
configurational average of reflected field, 162 statistical quantities, 152
constitutive relations for anisotropic media, 7 chiral media, 8 isotropic media, 6
continuity equation, 2 current density, 2
degree of polarization, 15 dichroism, 46
di erential equation for spherical harmonics, 254
di erential scattering cross-section definition, 42
for parallel and perpendicular polarizations, 42
normalized, 42 orientation-averaged, 81
di usion limited aggregation, DLA, 236 di usion limited cluster cluster
aggregation, DLCCA, 236 dimension of T matrix for
composite particles, 144 homogeneous, isotropic particles, 96 layered particles, 119
multiple particles, 132 dipole moment, 149, 197
discrete dipole approximation, DDA, 192
discrete sources method, DSM, 189 dispersion relation for
anisotropic media, 24 isotropic media, 26 isotropic, chiral media, 31
uniaxial anisotropic media, 25 dyadic Green’s function
asymptotic behavior, 38 definition, 37 di erential equation, 38
expansion in terms of vector plane waves, 175
dyadic kernel for
discrete dipole approximation, 197 volume integral equation method, 195
e ective loss tangent, 247 e ective permittivity, 149
e ective wave number, 157 e ective wave vector, 153 e ciencies for
absorption, 51 extinction, 51 scattering, 51
electric charge density, 2 electric conductivity, 6 electric dipole operator, 97 electric displacement, 2 electric field, 2
electric permittivity, 6 electric susceptibility, 6 electromagnetics programs
CST Microwave Studio, 198
discrete dipole approximation, DDA, 192
multiple multipole method, MMP, 189
T-matrix method, 183, 188 ellipsometric parameters
ellipticity angle, 11 orientation angle, 11 vibration ellipse, 11
Euler angles, 15
evanescent waves scattering, 172 Ewald-Oseen extinction theorem, 161 exciting field, 149
extinction cross-section definition, 51
in terms of T-matrix elements, 60 orientation-averaged, 72
extinction matrix definition, 48 orientation-averaged, 75
extinction theorem, 41
far-field patterns definition, 41
in terms of T-matrix elements, 58 integral representations, 41
Faraday’s induction law di erential form, 2 discrete form, 198 integral form, 198
finite integration technique, FIT, 198 fractal dimension, 234
fractal pre-factor, 234