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Scattering of monochromatic light by a homogeneous dielectric sphere is a traditional problem in the area of light-matter interaction. It has numerous applications, e.g. in aerosols measurements in environmental studies.
Calculation on a regular, smooth and homogeneous, sphere can be done using Mie's solution of Maxwell equations and there are numerous codes available for this, even online. However, we can use it to benchmark the performance of the near-field to far-field transform.
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