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What's New
 

• This list has been superseded by: www.ScattPort.org 4.11.2008
   
• Adrian Doicu, Thomas Wriedt and Yuri Eremin: Light Scattering by Systems of Particles. Null-Field Method with Discrete Sources - Theory and Programs. Springer Verlag; Berlin, Heidelberg, New York 2006. (14.8.2006)
  List of FORTRAN90 Programs on CD-ROM with the book (18.8.2006)
  Program and information updates related to the book (22.9.2006)
  Amazon: SEARCH INSIDE this book (18.7.2007)
   
• GMM-Generalized Multiparticle Mie-Solution archive copy dated 12-Feb-2005
  Yu-lin Xu's Fortran source codes for calculation of radiative scattering by aggregated particles in both fixed and random orientations for homogeneous spheres, core-mantle and for ensembles of variously shaped (meaning rotationally symmetric) particles. (27.11.2008).
   
• Puma EM
  Parallel unified multipole algorithm for electromagnetics. Provides surface Method of Moments for Electromagnetics, enhanced by using the Multilevel Fast Multipole Method for perfectly electric conducting scatterers (PEC) by Idesbald Van Den Bosch. (30.7.2008).
   
• GMM-FIELD
  Extension of Yu-lin Xu's GMM Electromagnetic multisphere scattering Fortran program by Moritz Ringler to compute the near field. PhD Thesis (28.05.2008)
   
• GMM-DIP
  Extension of Yu-lin Xu's GMM Electromagnetic multisphere scattering Fortran program by Moritz Ringler to compute the near field with a dipole as incident field. PhD Thesis (28.05.2008)
   
• ddscat wiki
  The Discrete Dipole Approximation for Scattering and Absorption of Light by Irregular Particles 16.05.2008
   
• Papers on metal optical properties  16.05.2008
   
• Workshop on Null-Field Method with Discrete Sources, Bremen, Germany 3.+ 4.4.2008. (16.10.2007).
   
• 11th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles (ELS - 11), 7-12 Sept. 2008, University of Hertfordshire, UK. (18.8.2007).
   
• ELS-Conference Series Web Site
   
• Mie Theory 1908 - 2008, Present developments and interdisciplinary aspects of light scattering, Halle, Germany 15.-16. 9. 2008. (21.2.2008).
   
• Mie theory 100 years, List of activities celebrating 100 years of Mie's theory (29.11.2007).
   
• P.A. Martin: Multiple Scattering: Interaction of Time-Harmonic Waves with N Obstacles. Cambridge University Press, 2006. at Google Books (16.10.2006).
   
• Harry Bateman: The mathematical analysis of electrical and optical wave-motion on the basis of Maxwell's equations. Cambridge University Press, 1915. (PDF, DjVu, TXT available 16.2.2008).
   
• C.S. Chen, Y.C. Hon, R.A. Schaback: Scientific Computing with Radial Basis Functions. 2007 (21.2.2007).
   
• 10th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles (ELS - 10), 17 -  23 June 2007, Bodrum, Turkey, collocated with the 5th International Symposium on Radiative Transfer. (9.10.2006)
   
• 8th International Congress on Optical Particle Characterization, 9-13 July 2007, Karl-Franzens University Graz, Austria.(16.10.2006).
   
• DDA Workshop, Bremen, Germany, 23.3.2007. Proceedings are available. (29.5.2007).
   
• MFS2007
  Honouring Professor Graeme Fairweather on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Ayia Napa, Cyprus, 11-13 June 2007.
  The workshop will be exclusively dedicated to theoretical and computational aspects of the Method of Fundamental Solutions and closely related methods. (22.9.2006)

• Course papers
  A number of electromagnetics papers (10.5.2006).

• AvH Research fellowships
• DAAD Research Grants
• DFG Eastern Europe Cooperation
• INTAS Young Scientist Fellowships
   
• Bruce T. Draine, Thomas Wriedt: Call for comparison of scattering calculations (6.5.04).
  
  
• New programs 
   
  • Optical tweezers toolbox 1.0
    A toolbox by Timo Nieminen, implemented in Matlab, for the computational modelling of optical tweezers. The toolbox is designed for the calculation of optical forces and torques, and can be used for both spherical and nonspherical particles, in both Gaussian and other beams. The toolbox might also be useful for light scattering using either Lorenz-Mie theory or the T-matrix method. (28.8.2007).
  • GLMT Champ Internes
    Set of 8 programs (IntGlmt, IntDebye, DiffGlmt, DiffDebye, McDiff, PulseDiff, 3D2F, 2D2F) based on Generalized Lorenz Mie Theory to compute internal fields and near fields by Loic Mees, and Siegfried Meunier-Guittin-Cluzel, Report (15.8.2007).
  • MieSolid
    Mathematica package that performs precise Mie calculations for a solid sphere with automatic arbitrary precision arithmetic by Sergio Aragón (20.7.2007).
  • SScaTT
    Superellipsoid Scattering Tool (v.1.1.4) for T-matrix scattering computation by superellipsoids and other abritrary shaped 3D scatterers by T. Wriedt. Windows 98, XP [SScaTT paper] 
    SScaTT v.1.1.4 (6.MB) includes a sample set of wavefront .obj particle shape files (cube, hexagon, octahedron, cut sphere. (17.11.2003)
    SAMUM sample results using SScaTT (22.8.2005).
  • LightScatPro Vs5
    Mie theory and a cluster T-matrix algorithm, coded with Matlab (6.3) by Sylvain Lecler, are available in a compressed version here. These programmes have a graphic user interface and descriptive documents. (7.11.2006).
  • ADDA
    ADDA (Amsterdam DDA) is a C software package to calculate scattering and absorption of electromagnetic waves by particles of arbitrary geometry using the Discrete Dipole Approximation (DDA), developed by Maxim A. Yurkin and Alfons G. Hoekstra (30.5.2006).
  • EMcode
    Sequential (SEQ_EMCODE.tar) and parallel (PARALLEL_EMCODE.tar) CFIE-FMM (Combined Field Integral Equation - Fast Multipole Method) Time Domain Code for PEC (Perfect Electrically Conducting) scatterers by Balasubramanium Shanker. The code has originally been developed  using the Portland Group (pgcc, pgf90, pgf77) compilers but can easily be adapted for the MinGW C++ and the G95 compilers. Please replace missing SEQ_EMCODE files by versions from PARALLEL_EMCODE. Geometry input files can be generated by converting Wavefront .obj files. (5.10.2005).
  • Cluster of Spheres
    Weng Cho Chew's page on efficient addition theorem calculations including Fortran 77 program for scattering of clusters of spheres by Yiming Wang implemention using the addition theorem (2.8.2005).
  • T-Matrix for absorbing particles
    Improved Mishchenko's T-matrix code for absorbing particles by A. Moroz. (20.7.2005)
  • miex
    Mie Scattering by Ensembles of Particles with Very Large Size Parameters by S. Wolf, N.V. Voshchinnikov  (1.12.2004).
  • GOMsphere
    Mie GOMsphere is a geometrical-optics program by Xiaobing Zhou to calculate the scattering coefficients and phase function of unpolarized radiation by large dielectric spheres. (20.8.2003)
  • NMie
    The code by Nikolai Voshchinnikov calculates the extinction, scattering and absorption efficiency factors for n-layered spheres. The recursive algorithm of Wu & Wang is used.(20.8.2003).
  • Mie散乱
    Mie Maple Worksheet with Japanese text. (3.4.2003)
  • Mie Mathematica
    Mie Mathematica Worksheet by Art Lampado available from the Bremen server. The code will calculate and plot (where appropriate) the usual Mie information including the scattering, absorption and extinction coefficients, cross sections, and efficiencies. As well, the asymmetry factor, albedo, phase functions (both 2D and 3D), polarization ratio, and the amplitude scattering and Mueller matrices can be obtained. (3.4.2003) 
  • Mie Matlab
    Christian Mätzler's Matlab program to compute scattering, internal fields and cross sections by dielectric or magnetic sphere and coated sphere. Report (21.1.2004). 
  • Coated Spheroid
    Mathematica Software Codes By L.W. Li, X.K. Kang, & M.S. Leong to compute scattering by a coated spheroid using spheroidal wave functions. (7.10.2002)
  • Fllmie
    Double precision FORTRAN program by K. A. Fuller for scattering and absorption of light by homogeneous spherical particles, which will provide cross sections for extinction, total scattering, differential scattering, and absorption as well as the lidar (radar) backscattering efficiency, the <cos> parameter, and the phase matrix. (24.4.2002)
  • Orientation averaging
    T-matrix code to compute scattering by partially aligned, axially symmetric particles by Nikolaos C. Skaropoulos (23.4.2002)
  • GMM-Generalized Multiparticle Mie-Solution
    Electromagnetic multisphere scattering program by Yu-lin Xu, FORTRAN code available from Bremen server (12.6.2001)
  • spheroidal expansion
    R. W. Schaefer's FORTRAN code (1980) for scattering by an ensenble of spheroids available from Bremen server (12.6.2001)
  • www.emwave.com
    MATLAB programs with the new book by Leung Tsang, Jin Au Kong, Kung-Hau Ding. (12.10.2000)
  • Special T-matrix
    The FORTRAN code realises a new approach to the light scattering problem of an axisymmetric particle suggested by Farafonov (Opt. Spectr. 88 (2000) 1, 63-70). Thus high a/b ratios should be possible.(12.10.2000)
  • CHLOE III
    CHLOE (CHarming "LOgiciel" for Electromagnetism) is a software for computing electromagnetic wave scattering written in Java. FORTRAN code for computing the T-matrix of spheroids is available. (12.10.2000)
  • Large particle Mie
    Program in TurboPascal, TurboC or FORTRAN 95 by E. B. Shybanov, and V. I. Haltrin to compute scattering by large spherical particles (16.1.2002).
  • SCATMECH
    A C++ object class library has been developed to distribute bidirectional reflectance distribution
    function (BRDF) models for light scattering from surfaces. (26.2.2002).
  • QCA
    The program performs computation of the propagation constants for electromagnetic waves in dispersive media formed of homogeneous monodispersed spherical particles using the quasi-crystalline approximation. (26.2.2002)

   

• Interesting online papers and books
  • Craig Frederick Bohren and Eugene Edmund Clothiaux: Fundamentals of Atmospheric Radiation. Wiley-VCH Verlag, Weinheim 2004, Capters: Ch1, Ch2, Ch3,  Ch4, Ch5, Ch6, Ch7, Ch8, (22.9.2006)
  • Michael I. Mishchenko, Andrew A. Lacis, Larry D. Travis: Scattering, Absorption, and Emission of Light by Small Particles. Cambridge University Press, April 2002. Now publicly available in the .pdf format at Mishchenko's site. (4.6.04)
  • [137] Wriedt T.; Doicu, A.: T-Matrix method for light scattering from particles on or near an infinite surface. in Moreno, F.; González, F. (Eds.): Light Scattering from Microstructures. Berlin: Springer 2000, 113-132. (21.2.2003)
  • [114] A. Doicu, T. Wriedt: Calculation of the T-matrix in the null-field method with discrete sources. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 16 (1999) 10, 2539-2544.
  • [158] Eremin, Y.; Wriedt, T.: Analysis of evanescent waves conversion by a non-spherical particle near a metal-coated glass prism via discrete sources method. Optics Communications 223 (2003) 221–232.
  • G. Gouesbet, G. Grehan, B. Maheu, K. F. Ren: Electromagnetic Scattering of Shaped Beams (Generalized Lorenz-Mie Theory), LESP, CORIA, INSA de Rouen, Saint Etienne du Rouvray, March 19, 1998. (15.8.2007)
  • Rainer Kress: Electromagnetic waves scattering Chapter 4.1: Specific theoretical tools Chapter: 4.2 Scattering by obstacles. in E.R. Pike, P.C. Sabatier ( Eds.): Scattering - Scattering and Inverse Scattering in Pure and Applied Science, Academic Press, London, 2001.
  • Rainer Kress: Acoustic scattering Chapter 2.1: Specific theoretical tools Chapter 2.2: Scattering by obstacles. in E.R. Pike, P.C. Sabatier ( Eds.): Scattering - Scattering and Inverse Scattering in Pure and Applied Science, Academic Press, London, 2001.
  • D. Maystre, M. Saillard, G. Tayeb: Special methods of wave diffraction. in E.R. Pike, P.C. Sabatier ( Eds.): Scattering - Scattering and Inverse Scattering in Pure and Applied Science , Academic Press, London, 2001.
  • P. Hähner: Scattering through media. in E.R. Pike, P.C. Sabatier ( Eds.): Scattering - Scattering and Inverse Scattering in Pure and Applied Science , Academic Press, London, 2001.
  • John A. Scales: Imaging and inversion with acoustic and elastic waves. in E.R. Pike, P.C. Sabatier ( Eds.): Scattering - Scattering and Inverse Scattering in Pure and Applied Science , Academic Press, London, 2000.
  • T. Aktosun, M. Klaus: Inverse Theory: Problem on the line. in E.R. Pike, P.C. Sabatier ( Eds.): Scattering - A reference work, Academic Press, London, 2001.
  • W.C. Chew, J.M. Jin, C.C. Lu, E. Michielssen, J.M. Song: Fast Solution Methods in Electromagnetics. IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag. AP-45 (1997), 3, 533-543. (21.9.2000)
  • Jürgen N. Rebel: On the Foundations of the Transmission Line Matrix Method. Ph. D. Thesis, Technische Universtät München, 2000. (21.9.2000)
  • L. Tsang, J. A. Kong: Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves: Vol. 1, Vol 2, Vol 3, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2001.

   

• Conferences
  • 9th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications. St. Petersburg University, St. Petersburg, Russia, 5-9 June 2006, First announcement (20.7.05).
  • Optics of Biological Particles, Nato Advanced Research Workshop, Akademgorodok, Novosibirsk, Russia, October 3 - October 6, 2005 (20.7.05).
    
  
   
• New Books

  • P.A. Martin: Multiple Scattering: Interaction of Time-Harmonic Waves with N Obstacles. Cambridge University Press; 2006.

  • Adrian Doicu, Thomas Wriedt and Yuri Eremin: Light Scattering by Systems of Particles. Null-Field Method with Discrete Sources - Theory and Programs. Springer Verlag; Berlin, Heidelberg, New York 2006.

  • M. I. Mishchenko, L. D. Travis, and A. A. Lacis (2006): Multiple Scattering of Light by Particles: Radiative Transfer and Coherent  Backscattering, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

  • Thomas Wriedt (Editor): Generalized Multipole Techniques for Electromagnetic and Light Scattering. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1999.
  • Adrian Doicu, Yuri A. Eremin, Thomas Wriedt: Acoustic and Electromagnetic Scattering Analysis using Discrete Sources. Academic Press, July 2000. Review by A. Lakhtakia. Review by Gang Bao.
  • LIGHT SCATTERING REVIEWS, New series of hard-cover books (one volume a year)  edited by Alexander A. Kokhanovsky (7.6.05).
  • Alexander A. Kokhanovsky: Cloud Optics. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer, 2005.
  • F. Borghese, P. Dentl, R. Saija: Scattering from Model Nonspherical Particles. Theory and Applications to Environmental Physics. Springer Verlag, Berlin, 2003.
  • Peter Monk: Finite Element Methods for Maxwell's Equations. Oxford University Press, 2003.
  • Victor Babenko: Electromagnetic Scattering in Disperse Media: Absorption by Inhomogeneous and Anisotropic Aerosol Particles. Springer-Praxis, 2003.
  • Le-Wei Li, Xiao-Kang Kang, Mook-Seng Leong: Spheroidal Wave Functions in Electromagnetic Theory. John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2001.
  • Gorden Videen, Miroslav Kocifaj (Editors): Optics of Cosmic Dust. Kluwer Academic Publicher, Dordrecht, 2002.
  • Michael I. Mishchenko, Andrew A. Lacis, Larry D. Travis: Scattering, Absorption, and Emission of Light by Small Particles. Cambridge University Press, April 2002. Now publicly available in the .pdf format at Mishchenko's site. (4.6.04)
  • M. Mishchenko (ed.): Light scattering by nonspherical particles. Academic Press Inc, 1999.
  • Alexander Kokhanovsky: Polarization Optics of Random Media. Springer Verlag, 2003.
  • Alexander Kokhanovsky: Optics of Light Scattering Media: Problems and Solutions. Springer-Verlag UK, 2001.
  • Alexander Kokhanovsky: Optics of Light Scattering Media. John Wiley and Sons. 1999.
  • Leung Tsang, Jin Au Kong: Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves: Theories and Applications; Numerical Solutions; Advanced Topics: 3 Volume Set. John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2001.
  • Walter T. Grandy: Scattering of Waves from Large Spheres. Cambridge University Press, 2000.
  • Christian Hafner: MaX-1: a Visual Electromagnetics Platform for PCs. John Wiley and Sons, 1998.
  • Christian Hafner: Post-Modern Electromagnetics : Using Intelligent Maxwell Solvers. John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
  • F. Moreno, F. Gonzalez: Light Scattering from Microstructures. Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg, 2000.
  • Gerard Gouesbet: Scattering of Shaped Light Beams and Applications (Recent Research Developments in Optical Engineering, Vol. 1, 1999). Research Signpost, Trivandrum, India, 1999.
  • E.R. Pike, P.C. Sabatier ( Eds.): Scattering - Scattering and Inverse Scattering in Pure and Applied Science, Academic Press, London, 2001.
  • D. Colton, R. Kress:  Inverse Acoustic and Electromagnetic Scattering Theory. 2nd ed., Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1998. Four pages of Errata (missing pages 16 and 17 and two pages of missing references).