Abstract

We derive the Debye-series expansion of the partial-wave scattering and interior amplitudes for the interaction of a diagonally incident beam of arbitrary profile with an infinitely long homogeneous dielectric circular cylinder. We then discuss the physical interpretation of the various terms of the series. We also consider the one-internal-reflection Debye-series terms for diagonal plane-wave incidence and examine the first-order rainbow extinction transition as a function of the tilt angle of the incident plane wave. We experimentally observe the first-order rainbow extinction transition and compare our observations with the Debye-series predictions.

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Exterior caustics produced in scattering of a diagonally incident plane wave by a circular cylinder: semiclassical scattering theory analysis

James A. Lock, Charles L. Adler, and Edward A. Hovenac
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 17(10) 1846-1856 (2000)

High-order interior caustics produced in scattering of a diagonally incident plane wave by a circular cylinder

C. L. Adler, James A. Lock, Bradley R. Stone, and Claudio J. Garcia
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 14(6) 1305-1315 (1997)

Morphology-dependent resonances of an infinitely long circular cylinder illuminated by a diagonally incident plane wave or a focused Gaussian beam

James A. Lock
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 14(3) 653-661 (1997)

Scattering of a diagonally incident focused Gaussian beam by an infinitely long homogeneous circular cylinder

James A. Lock
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 14(3) 640-652 (1997)

Debye series of normally incident plane-wave scattering by an infinite multilayered cylinder

Renxian Li, Xiang'e Han, Huifen Jiang, and Kuan Fang Ren
Appl. Opt. 45(24) 6255-6262 (2006)