Tenth Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering
DOI: 10.1615/ICHMT.2007.ConfElectromagLigScat
ISBN Print: 978-1-56700-244-7
Comparison of LS Methods Using Single Expansions of Fields
pages 229-232
DOI: 10.1615/ICHMT.2007.ConfElectromagLigScat.600
RÉSUMÉ
The light scattering methods expanding the fields in terms of wave functions are widely applied due to their high efficiency. We compare some of these methods, namely the extended boundary condition, separation of variables, and point matching ones, considering their theoretical and practical applicability. Though the methods look alike because of their use of the same expansions of the fields, it is found that these approaches differ in important aspects.