Concentric Spheres

Problem of light scattering by concentric spheres can be solved in terms of infinite series or Mie solution. When 2 concentric spheres are considered we called this problem coated spheres. See also "cluster of spheres" and "sphere" sections.

Name Author Type Language Description
BHCOAT Bohren and Huffman two concentric spheres, Mie Fortran This code was originally published in the Appendix of "Absorption and Scattering of Light by Small Particles" by Bohren, Craig F., Huffman, Donald R, 1983, Wiley, New York, 530 pages.
DMlLAY Toon and Ackerman two concentric spheres, Mie Fortran This subroutine computes electromagnetic scattering by a stratified sphere (a particle with a spherical core surrounded by a spherical shell. Applied Optics, 20, 3657, 1981
IFCS LSCCS Thomas Kaiser concentric spheres, Mie Fortran compute the internal field inside a coated sphere and the scattered field of a sphere with 0, 1 or 2 coatings. Reference: T. Kaiser and G. Schweiger: Stable algorithm for the computation of Mie coefficients for scattered and transmitted fields of a coated sphere. Comput. Phys. 1993, vol. 7(6), 682-686.
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