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Scattering asymmetry and second Kerker condition

Optics 2020-03-04 v1

Abstract

The nearly zero optical forward scattering and anti-dual conditions are usually associated to the so-called second Kerker condition, at which the electric and magnetic responses are phase-shifted by {\pi}. However, as we show, this condition is insufficient to both give rise to the nearly zero optical forward scattering and the anti-duality symmetry, in striking contrast to the actual view of the problem. Interestingly, we demonstrate that near the electric and magnetic dipolar resonances, the energy radiation pattern in the far-field limit resembles to the one arising from the first Kerker condition, with nearly-zero backscattering.

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@article{arxiv.1906.10972,
  title  = {Scattering asymmetry and second Kerker condition},
  author = {Jorge Olmos-Trigo and Diego Romero Abujetas and Cristina Sanz Fernández and Jose Sanchez-Gil and Juan José Saénz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.10972},
  year   = {2020}
}
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