Codes for electromagnetic scattering by spheres

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Codes for electromagnetic scattering by spheres - this article list codes for electromagnetic scattering by a homogeneous sphere, layered sphere, and cluster of spheres. Some of the source codes may be available on [1].

Solution techniques

Majority of existing codes for calculation of electromagnetic scattering by a single sphere is based on Mie theory which is an analytical solution of Maxwell's equations in terms of infinite series. Other approximations to scattering by a single sphere include: Debye series, ray tracing (geometrical optics), ray tracing including the effects of interference between rays, Airy theory, Rayleigh scattering, diffraction approximation. There are many phenomena related to light scattering by spherical particles such as resonances, surface waves, plasmons, near-field scattering. Even though Mie theory offers convenient and fast way of solving light scattering problem by homogeneous spherical particles, there are other techniques, such as discrete dipole approximation, FDTD, T-matrix, which can also be used for such tasks. [1]

Classification

The compilation contains information about the electromagnetic scattering by spherical particles, relevant links, and applications.[2]

Codes for electromagnetic scattering by a single homogeneous sphere

Year Name Authors References Language Short Description
1983 BHMIE Craig F. Bohren and Donald R. Huffman [1]

Fortran IDLMatlab C Python

 "Mie solutions" (infinite series) to scattering, absorption and phase function of electromagnetic waves by a homogeneous sphere.
2002 MiePlot [3] Philip Laven [4] Visual Basic MiePlot offers the following mathematical models for the scattering of light by a sphere: Mie solutions, Debye series, ray tracing (based on geometrical optics), ray tracing including the effects of interference between rays, Airy theory, Rayleigh scattering, diffraction, surface waves. In addition to single-wavelength calculations, MiePlot can also perform calculations for a number of wavelengths, thus approximating a continuous spectrum (such as sunlight) to produce simulations of atmospheric optical effects such as rainbows, coronas and glories.
2003 Mie_Single etc. Gareth Thomas and Don Grainger [5] IDL The Sub-Department of Atmospheric Oceanic and Planetary Physics in the University of Oxford maintains an archive of Mie scattering routines for both single spheres and populations of particles in which sizes follow a log-normal distribution. Code is also available for calculating the analytical derivatives of Mie scattering (i.e. the derivative of the extinction and scattering coefficients, and the intensity functions with respect to size parameter and complex refractive index). The routines are written in IDL, but a Fortran-based DLM version (which substantially reduces runtime) of the single-sphere code is also available.

Codes for electromagnetic scattering by a layered sphere

Algorithmic literature includes several contributions [6] [7] [8] [9]

Year Name Authors Ref Language License Short Description
1981 DMILAY Owen B. Toon and T. P. Ackerman [8] Fortran No license specified but open source (public domain) Scattering by a stratified sphere (a particle with a spherical core surrounded by a spherical shell).

Code dates from 1968 available here:[10]
1983 BHCOAT Craig F. Bohren and Donald R. Huffman [1] Fortran No specified but open source (public domain via [1]) "Mie solutions" (infinite series) to scattering, absorption and phase function of electromagnetic waves by a homogeneous concentring shells.
1993 IFCS, LSCCS Thomas Kaiser and G. Schweiger [11] Fortran Unknown Computes an internal field inside a coated sphere and the scattered field of a sphere with 0, 1 or 2 coatings.
1997 BART [12] A. Quirantes [13] Fortran Open source (own license) Based on the Aden–Kerker theory to calculate light-scattering properties for coated spherical particles
2004 MjcLscCoatSph[14] M. Jonasz GUI/Windows Proprietary / closed source This program calculates the scattering, absorption, and attenuation parameters, as well as the angular scattering patterns of a single coated sphere according to Aden-Kerker theory.
2007 L. Liu, H. Wang, B. Yu, Y. Xu, J. Shen [15] C Unknown Light scattering by a coated sphere (extinction efficiency, scattering efficiency, light scattering intensity)
2009 scattnlay[16] O Pena and U Pal [17] C GPLv2 (see paper) Light scattering from a multilayered sphere based on the algorithm by W Yang.[18] Very robust and stable, slower than Toon and Ackerman.

Codes for electromagnetic scattering by cluster of spheres

Year Name Authors References Language Short Description
1998-2003 GMM Yu-lin Xu and Bo A. S. Gustafson [19] Fortran Codes which calculate exactly electromagnetic scattering by an aggregate of spheres in a single orientation or at an average over individual orientations.
2013 MSTM D. W. Mackowski [20] Fortran Codes which calculate exactly electromagnetic scattering by an aggregate of spheres and spheres within spheres for complex materials. Works in parallel as well.
2015 py_gmm G. Pellegrini [21] Python + Fortran A Python + Fortran 90 implementation of the Generalized Multiparticle Mie method, especially suited for plasmonics and near field computation.

Relevant scattering codes

External links

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bohren, Craig F. and Donald R. Huffman, Absorption and scattering of light by small particles, New York : Wiley, 1998, 530 p., ISBN 0-471-29340-7, ISBN 978-0-471-29340-8 (second edition)
  2. ↑ T. Wriedt, Light scattering theories and computer codes, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 110, 833-843, 2009.
  3. ↑ The MiePlot program can be downloaded from http://www.philiplaven.com/mieplot.htm
  4. ↑ Philip Laven, "Simulation of Rainbows, Coronas, and Glories by use of Mie Theory", Applied Optics Vol. 42, 3, 436-444 (January 2003) plus various other published papers (all available at http://www.philiplaven.com/Publications.html).
  5. ↑ Grainger, R.G., J. Lucas, G.E. Thomas, G. Ewan, "The Calculation of Mie Derivatives", Appl. Opt., 43(28), 5386-5393, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.43.005386
  6. ↑ Mackowski, D.W., Altenkirch, R. A., & Menguc, M. P. (1990). Internal absorption cross sections in a stratified sphere. Applied Optics, 29(10), 1551–1559.
  7. ↑ Yang, W. (2003). Improved recursive algorithm for light scattering by a multilayered sphere. Applied Optics, 42(9), 1710–1720.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Toon, O. B., and Ackerman, T. P. (1981). Algorithms for the calculation of scattering by stratified spheres. Applied Optics, 20(20), 3657–3660.
  9. ↑ L. Liu, H. Wang, B. Yu, Y. Xua, J. Shen, Improved algorithm of light scattering by a coated sphere, China Particuology 5 (2007) 230–236.
  10. ↑ http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~ackerman/Mie_code/rtpmie.ackerman.dmiess.f
  11. ↑ T. Kaiser and G. Schweiger, Stable algorithm for the computation of Mie coefficients for scattered and transmitted fields of a coated sphere Comput. Phys. 1993, 7, 682-686.
  12. ↑ /http://www.ugr.es/~aquiran/ciencia/codigos/bart.f
  13. ↑ A Quirantes and A V Delgado, The scattering of light by a suspension of coated spherical particles: effects of polydispersity on cross sections, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 30 (1997) 2123–2131.
  14. ↑ http://www.mjcopticaltech.com/Products/LscCoatSphHelp.htm
  15. ↑ L. Liu, H. Wang, B. Yu, Y. Xu, J. Shen, Improved algorithm of light scattering by a coated sphere, China Particuology, 5, 230-236, 2007
  16. ↑ http://cpc.cs.qub.ac.uk/cpc/cgi-bin/showversions.pl/?catid=AEEY&usertype=toolbar&deliverytype=view
  17. ↑ O Pena and U Pal, Scattering of EM radiation by a multilayer sphere, Computer Physics Communications, 180, 2348-2354, 2009
  18. ↑ W Yang, Improved recursive algorithm for light scattering by a multilayered sphere, Applied Optics, Vol. 42, No. 9, 2003
  19. ↑ Yu-lin Xu , Bo A.S. Gustafson, A generalized multiparticle Mie-solution: further experimental verification, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer 70 (2001) 395–419
  20. ↑ http://www.eng.auburn.edu/users/dmckwski/scatcodes/
  21. ↑ https://github.com/gevero/py_gmm
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