Abstract
An efficient procedure is developed for calculating light scattering from a spherical particle on a conducting plane. The problem is converted into an equivalent two-particle scattering problem by the method of images. The scattering solution for this two-particle problem is then obtained by the multipole expansion method. Mirror symmetry is exploited to simplify the calculation. Formulas are developed for the differential-scattering cross section and for the extinction and the absorption cross sections. Several example problems are calculated, and the exact solutions are compared with the results from two approximation procedures.
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B. R. Johnson, "Light scattering from a spherical particle on a conducting plane: I. Normal incidence: errata," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 10, 766-766 (1993)https://opg.optica.org/josaa/abstract.cfm?uri=josaa-10-4-766
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