Comprehensive T-matrix reference database: A 2007–2009 update

Abstract

a b s t r a c tThe T-matrix method is among the most versatile, efficient, and widely used theoretical techniques for the numerically exact computation of electromagnetic scattering by homogeneous and composite particles, clusters of particles, discrete random media, and particles in the vicinity of an interface separating two half-spaces with different refractive indices. This paper presents an update to the comprehensive database of Tmatrix publications compiled by us previously and includes the publications that appeared since 2007. It also lists several earlier publications not included in the original database.Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Applicability of Effective Medium Approximations to Modelling of Mesocrystal Optical Properties

“…Over the years, analytic extensions were developed allowing us to compute scattering from axially symmetric particles [30], superellipsoids [31], rotated particles [32], particle ensembles [17,33], orientation averaged scattering [30], particles close or deposited on a surface [34] for particles with known T-matrix. The progress in the field is reflected in the Comprehensive T-matrix reference database [35][36][37][38][39][40], books [27,28,32,41], and collections of simulation programs [42,43]. The results presented in the paper under the name "T-matrix" rely on the superposition T-matrix method [17,33], which was programmed in MATLAB R following [27,32] for defining off diagonal elements of the matrix and using the Lorenz-Mie code described before in Section 4.3 for the diagonal blocks.…”

On the electromagnetic scattering of arbitrary shaped beams by arbitrary shaped particles: A review

“…by using a plane wave spectrum (PWS) representation. A background on EBCM may be gained from authored or edited textbooks [10], [11], [12] or from regularly produced comprehensive reference databases, namely [13], [14], [15], [16].…”

Localized surface-plasmon resonances on single and coupled nanoparticles through surface integral equations for flexible surfaces

“…A wide range of methods are available for studying optical scattering problems in the classical regime, which can be roughly classified according to: (i) Volume methods (integral and differential) as the finite-different time domain (FDTD) [16] and finite element method (FEM) [17], where the whole space has to be discretized in order to calculate the electromagnetic field, and dyadic green function technique [18], and Discrete Dipole Approximation (DDA) [2,19], where the scatterer volume has to be discretized; and (ii) surface methods as the T-Matrix [20], boundary element method (BEM) [21], and various implementations of surface integral equations (SIE) [22,23], where only the surface of the scatterers has to be discretized, saving computational time and memory requirements. Incidentally, their reliability has been recently revised, and questioned, with regard to the simple validity criterion of reproducing the LSPR of a metal nanosphere [15].…”