Suppression of scattering for small dielectric particles: an anapole mode and invisibility
Abstract
We reveal that an isotropic homogeneous subwavelength particle with a high refractive index can produce ultra-weak total scattering due to vanishing contribution of the electric dipole moment. This effect can be explained with the help of the Fano resonance and scattering efficiency associated with the excitation of an anapole mode. The latter is a nonradiative mode emerging from destructive interference of electric and toroidal dipole moments, and it can be employed for a design of highly transparent optical materials.
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