Theory of morphology-dependent resonances: shape resonances and width formulas

B. R. Johnson

Journal of the Optical Society of America A · 1993 · 240 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

The theory of morphology-dependent resonances of a spherical particle is developed in analogy with the theory of quantum-mechanical shape resonances. Exact analytic formulas for predicting the widths of the resonances for both real and complex indices of refraction are developed.

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