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Bi et al. 2013

Bi, L., P. Yang, G.W. Kattawar, and M.I. Mishchenko, 2013: Efficient implementation of the invariant imbedding T-matrix method and the separation of variables method applied to large nonspherical inhomogeneous particles. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 116, 169-183, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2012.11.014.

Three terms, "Waterman's T-matrix method", "extended boundary condition method (EBCM)", and "null field method", have been interchangeable in the literature to indicate a method based on surface integral equations to calculate the T-matrix. Unlike the previous method, the invariant imbedding method (IIM) calculates the T-matrix by the use of a volume integral equation. In addition, the standard separation of variables method (SOV) can be applied to compute the T-matrix of a sphere centered at the origin of the coordinate system and having a maximal radius such that the sphere remains inscribed within a nonspherical particle. This study explores the feasibility of a numerical combination of the IIM and the SOV, hereafter referred to as the IIM+SOV method, for computing the single-scattering properties of nonspherical dielectric particles, which are, in general, inhomogeneous. The IIM+SOV method is shown to be capable of solving light-scattering problems for large nonspherical particles where the standard EBCM fails to converge. The IIM+SOV method is flexible and applicable to inhomogeneous particles and aggregated nonspherical particles (overlapped circumscribed spheres) representing a challenge to the standard superposition T-matrix method. The IIM+SOV computational program, developed in this study, is validated against EBCM simulated spheroid and cylinder cases with excellent numerical agreement (up to four decimal places). In addition, solutions for cylinders with large aspect ratios, inhomogeneous particles, and two-particle systems are compared with results from discrete dipole approximation (DDA) computations, and comparisons with the improved geometric-optics method (IGOM) are found to be quite encouraging.

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@article{bi00100k,
  author={Bi, L. and Yang, P. and Kattawar, G. W. and Mishchenko, M. I.},
  title={Efficient implementation of the invariant imbedding T-matrix method and the separation of variables method applied to large nonspherical inhomogeneous particles},
  year={2013},
  journal={Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer},
  volume={116},
  pages={169--183},
  doi={10.1016/j.jqsrt.2012.11.014},
}

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TY  - JOUR
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AU  - Bi, L.
AU  - Yang, P.
AU  - Kattawar, G. W.
AU  - Mishchenko, M. I.
PY  - 2013
TI  - Efficient implementation of the invariant imbedding T-matrix method and the separation of variables method applied to large nonspherical inhomogeneous particles
JA  - J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer
JO  - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
VL  - 116
SP  - 169
EP  - 183
DO  - 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2012.11.014
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