T-matrix method

T-matrix method is a computatational technique of light scattering by nonspherical particles originally formulated by P. C. Waterman in 1965.[1] The technique is also known as null field method and extended boundary technique method (EBCM). In the method, matrix elements are obtained by matching boundary conditions for solutions of Maxwell equations. The incident, transmitted, and scattered field are expanded into spherical vector wave functions.

References

  1. ^ M. I. Mishchenko, L. D. Travis, and D. W. Mackowski, T-matrix computations of light scattering by nonspherical particles: A review, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 55, 535-575 (1996).