Optimal backward light scattering by dipolar particles
Jorge Olmos‐Trigo, Diego R. Abujetas, Cristina Sanz‐Fernández, José A. Sánchez‐Gil, J. J. Sáenz
Abstract
The authors show that the generalized second Kerker condition leads to an energy radiation pattern that ranges all possible optical scattering diagrams depending on the scattering cross section. Near the electric and magnetic dipolar resonances the paper shows that it leads to the counterintuitive result of a far-field energy radiation pattern with nearly-zero backscattering.
Topics & Concepts
Light scatteringDipoleScatteringPhysicsOpticsQuantum mechanicsRandom lasers and scattering mediaOptical Polarization and EllipsometryOrbital Angular Momentum in Optics