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Optical Scattering Electric Field Norm

Posted Aug 23, 2016, 3:04 p.m. EDT Low-Frequency Electromagnetics, RF & Microwave Engineering, Modeling Tools & Definitions, Parameters, Variables, & Functions, Results & Visualization Version 4.3a 5 Replies

Rahim Leung
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Hi,

I am currently attempting to model the optical scattering off a 2D nanoparticle. The background electric field is a plane wave only in the y direction, so I plotted both the electric field norm and the magnitude of the y component of the electric field. Both should yield the same result as the electric field only has a y component, but the plots showed a discrepancy between the two. Does anyone know a reason of why this discrepancy occurs?

Thanks!
5 Replies Last Post Aug 24, 2016, 6:57 a.m. EDT
Evgeniy Kuznetsov
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Posted: 8 years ago Aug 24, 2016, 2:56 a.m. EDT
Hi,

After scattering you have both y and x component of electric field. I think this is the reason.
Hi, After scattering you have both y and x component of electric field. I think this is the reason.
Rahim Leung
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Posted: 8 years ago Aug 24, 2016, 4:32 a.m. EDT
Hi,

Thanks for the reply. I've recently just made a plot of the magnitude of the electric field including the x and y components, but the x component had a negligible effect; the discrepancy still remained.

Both plots (of the e-field norm and magnitude that I calculated using sqrt(realdot(Ex, Ex) + realdot(Ey, Ey))) have the shape shape, but one appears to be stretched.

I have included a graph of the results for reference. Thanks!
Hi, Thanks for the reply. I've recently just made a plot of the magnitude of the electric field including the x and y components, but the x component had a negligible effect; the discrepancy still remained. Both plots (of the e-field norm and magnitude that I calculated using sqrt(realdot(Ex, Ex) + realdot(Ey, Ey))) have the shape shape, but one appears to be stretched. I have included a graph of the results for reference. Thanks!

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Evgeniy Kuznetsov
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Posted: 8 years ago Aug 24, 2016, 5:55 a.m. EDT
Ok, can you attach your model?
Ok, can you attach your model?
Rahim Leung
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Posted: 8 years ago Aug 24, 2016, 6:12 a.m. EDT
Apologies. The file is too large to be attached in this thread.

Is the E-field norm (emw.normE) the norm of the scattered field or of the total field?

Thanks.
Apologies. The file is too large to be attached in this thread. Is the E-field norm (emw.normE) the norm of the scattered field or of the total field? Thanks.
Evgeniy Kuznetsov
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Posted: 8 years ago Aug 24, 2016, 6:57 a.m. EDT
It is the norm of the total field.
It is the norm of the total field.

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