Spectral Analysis of Scattering Resonances with Application on High Contrast Nanospheres

Abstract

In this paper we provide further spectral analysis of the general asymptotic scattering resonances formula of small high contrast 3D dielectrics of arbitrary shape, initially derived to a first order approximation. To investigate the components of a full expansion of such resonances, a breakdown is presented for the case of high contrast nanospheres. We also derive, for radially symmetric fields, an exact resonance formula for a spherical scatterer in terms of its radius, not necessarily small, and dielectric susceptibility coefficient, not necessarily high. Formula that is useful in imaging applications to identify objects' properties from frequency measurements. The latter formula is further developed and simplified in the case of high contrast nanospheres.