title: Light scattering in converging beams.
abstract: Light scattering by spherical particles in a converging beam is obtained from the earlier solution for a particle in the beam of a dipole light source by reversing the direction of energy flow so that the dipole source becomes a sink. The results are not drastically different from Lorenz-Mie scattering as long as the sink is located at a distance greater than several particle radii from the focus.
authors.affiliation: Clarkson College of Technology, Potsdam, New York 13676, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chew
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kerker
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Cooke