TY - JOUR
T1 - Non-Rayleigh limit of the Lorenz-Mie solution and suppression of scattering by spheres of negative refractive index
AU - Miroshnichenko, Andrey E.
PY - 2009/8/6
Y1 - 2009/8/6
N2 - We study light scattering by spheres made of negative refractive index materials. We demonstrate that scattering efficiency of the light does not always obey the well-known Rayleigh's law Qsca ∼ κ4 for small values of size parameter κ, but could be constant Qsca ∼const, or even inversionally proportional Qsca ∼1/ κ2. In addition, it is found that spheres with radius comparable with the input wavelength may exhibit suppression of the scattering in any directions, particularly, in forward one. It can be considered as analogs of Brewster's angles for spheres.
AB - We study light scattering by spheres made of negative refractive index materials. We demonstrate that scattering efficiency of the light does not always obey the well-known Rayleigh's law Qsca ∼ κ4 for small values of size parameter κ, but could be constant Qsca ∼const, or even inversionally proportional Qsca ∼1/ κ2. In addition, it is found that spheres with radius comparable with the input wavelength may exhibit suppression of the scattering in any directions, particularly, in forward one. It can be considered as analogs of Brewster's angles for spheres.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.80.013808
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.80.013808
M3 - Article
SN - 1050-2947
VL - 80
JO - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
IS - 1
M1 - 013808
ER -