title: Scattering of light from arbitrarily oriented finite cylinders.
abstract: An iterative approach to the scattering of light from a finite dielectric cylinder first developed by Shifrin and extended by Acquista is applied to cases where the phase shift is <2, and the cylinder is arbitrarily oriented. It is found that the first 2 orders of the iteration converge to within 1% when the aspect ratio (length/diameter) of the cylinder is as small as 20. The results are compared to the exact theory for infinite cylinders, and the effects of finite size are calculated and discussed.
authors.affiliation: Drexel University, Department of Physics & Atmospheric Science, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Haracz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Acquista