Abstract
An analytic solution is obtained for the problem of plane electromagnetic-wave scattering by an arbitrary configuration of N dielectric spheres. The multipole expansion method is employed, and the boundary condition is imposed using the translational addition theorem for vector spherical wave functions. A system of simultaneous linear equations is given in matrix form for the scattering coefficients. An approximate solution, which has been developed and employed by the authors for the scattering by N conducting spheres, is extended to the dielectric spheres case. Plots for the normalized backscattering, bistatic, and forward-scattering cross sections are presented over wide ranges of permittivity, size, and electrical separations between the neighbouring spheres. The results show a reduction in the normalized backscattering and bistatic cross sections for certain choices of permittivity relative to conducting arrays of spheres of the same dimensions and separations.
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