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Eliminating Electromagnetic Scattering from Small Particles

Classical Physics 2015-06-11 v3

Abstract

This paper presents and discusses the conditions for zero electromagnetic scattering by electrically small particles. We consider the most general bi-anisotropic particles, characterized by four dyadic polarizabilities and study the case of uniaxially symmetric objects. Conditions for zero backward and forward scattering are found for a general uniaxial bi-anisotropic particle and specialized for all fundamental classes of bi-anisotropic particles: omega, "moving", chiral, and Tellegen particles. Possibility for zero total scattering is also discussed for aforementioned cases. The scattering pattern and polarization of the scattered wave are also determined for each particle class. In particular, we analyze the interplay between different scattering mechanisms and show that in some cases it is possible to compensate scattering from a polarizable particle by appropriate magneto-electric coupling. Examples of particles providing zero backscattering and zero forward scattering are presented and studied numerically.

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@article{arxiv.1210.8328,
  title  = {Eliminating Electromagnetic Scattering from Small Particles},
  author = {Joni Vehmas and Younes Ra'di and Antti Karilainen and Sergei Tretyakov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.8328},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

10 pages, 7 figure, accepted to be published in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

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