Tenth Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering
DOI: 10.1615/ICHMT.2007.ConfElectromagLigScat
ISBN Print: 978-1-56700-244-7
Rigorous Derivation of Superposition T-matrix Approach from Solution of Inhomogeneous Wave Equation
pages 97-100
DOI: 10.1615/ICHMT.2007.ConfElectromagLigScat.270
SINOPSIS
The problem of electromagnetic scattering by a system of particles is considered. Starting from the integral solution of the inhomogeneous wave equation, the equations for Green's and transition operators are derived. By expanding the free-space dyadic Green's function in terms of spherical wave functions, equations for determining the matrix elements of the dyadic transition operators for system of particles are obtained. The relations between the matrix elements of the dyadic transition operator and Waterman's T matrix are established.