Development of ADDA is mostly performed in the framework of scientific projects. In the following, a list of publications, relevant to different parts of ADDA, is presented. These publications contain detailed information about corresponding parts. We also recommend one to select papers from this list for citation in publications that use ADDA.

• General description
• Specific aspects
• OpenCL (GPU-accelerated) version
• Different implemented DDA formulations
• Filtered coupled dipoles (FCD)
• Integration of Green's tensor (IGT)
• Particles much larger than the wavelength
• Gold nanoparticles
• Shapes
• Egg
• Red blood cell (RBC)
• Granule generator
• Calculated quantities
• Radiation forces
• Internal fields
• Comparisons
• with other DDA codes
• with other light-scattering methods
• Additional packages
• near_field
• General DDA theory
• Review of the DDA theory
• Convergence of the DDA
• Extrapolation technique

General description

M. A. Yurkin and A. G. Hoekstra,“The discrete-dipole-approximation code ADDA: capabilities and known limitations,” J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. 112, 2234-2247 (2011).

Specific aspects

OpenCL (GPU-accelerated) version

M. Huntemann, G. Heygster, and G. Hong, “Discrete dipole approximation simulations on GPUs using OpenCL - Application on cloud ice particles,” J. Comput. Sci. 2, 262-271 (2011).

Different implemented DDA formulations

Filtered coupled dipoles (FCD)

• N. B. Piller and O. J. F. Martin, “Increasing the performance of the coupled-dipole approximation: A spectral approach,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag. 46, 1126-1137 (1998).
• M. A. Yurkin, M. Min, and A. G. Hoekstra, “Application of the discrete dipole approximation to very large refractive indices: Filtered coupled dipoles revived,” Phys. Rev. E 82, 036703-12 (2010).

Integration of Green's tensor (IGT)

P. C. Chaumet, A. Sentenac, and A. Rahmani, “Coupled dipole method for scatterers with large permittivity,” Phys. Rev. E 70, 036606 (2004).

Particles much larger than the wavelength

M. A. Yurkin, V. P. Maltsev, and A. G. Hoekstra, “The discrete dipole approximation for simulation of light scattering by particles much larger than the wavelength,” J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 106, 546-557 (2007).

Gold nanoparticles

M. A. Yurkin, D. de Kanter, and A. G. Hoekstra, “Accuracy of the discrete dipole approximation for simulation of optical properties of gold nanoparticles,” J. Nanophoton. 4, 041585-15 (2010).

Shapes

Egg

D. V. Hahn, D. Limsui, R. I. Joseph, K. C. Baldwin, N. T. Boggs, A. K. Carr, C. C. Carter, T. S. Han, and M. E. Thomas, “Shape characteristics of biological spores,” SPIE Proc. 6954, 69540W-10 (2008).

Red blood cell (RBC)

M. A. Yurkin, “Discrete dipole simulations of light scattering by blood cells,” PhD thesis, University of Amsterdam (2007).

Granule generator

M. A. Yurkin, K. A. Semyanov, V. P. Maltsev, and A. G. Hoekstra, “Discrimination of granulocyte subtypes from light scattering: theoretical analysis using a granulated sphere model,” Opt. Express 15, 16561-16580 (2007).

Calculated quantities

Radiation forces

A. G. Hoekstra, M. Frijlink, L. B. F. M. Waters, and P. M. A. Sloot, “Radiation forces in the discrete-dipole approximation,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 18, 1944-1953 (2001).

Internal fields

A. G. Hoekstra, J. Rahola, and P. M. A. Sloot, “Accuracy of internal fields in volume integral equation simulations of light scattering,” Appl. Opt. 37, 8482-8497 (1998).

Comparisons

with other DDA codes

A. Penttila, E. Zubko, K. Lumme, K. Muinonen, M. A. Yurkin, B. T. Draine, J. Rahola, A. G. Hoekstra, and Y. Shkuratov, “Comparison between discrete dipole implementations and exact techniques,” J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 106, 417-436 (2007).

with other light-scattering methods

• M. A. Yurkin, A. G. Hoekstra, R. S. Brock, and J. Q. Lu, “Systematic comparison of the discrete dipole approximation and the finite difference time domain method for large dielectric scatterers,” Opt. Express 15, 17902-17911 (2007).
• K. V. Gilev, E. Eremina, M. A. Yurkin, and V. P. Maltsev, “Comparison of the discrete dipole approximation and the discrete source method for simulation of light scattering by red blood cells,” Opt. Express 18, 5681-5690 (2010).

Additional packages

near_field

S. D'Agostino, P. P. Pompa, R. Chiuri, R. J. Phaneuf, D. G. Britti, R. Rinaldi, R. Cingolani, and F. Della Sala, “Enhanced fluorescence by metal nanospheres on metal substrates,” Opt. Lett. 34, 2381-2383 (2009).

General DDA theory

Review of the DDA theory

M. A. Yurkin and A. G. Hoekstra, “The discrete dipole approximation: an overview and recent developments,” J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 106, 558-589 (2007).

Convergence of the DDA

M. A. Yurkin, V. P. Maltsev, and A. G. Hoekstra, “Convergence of the discrete dipole approximation. I. Theoretical analysis,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 23, 2578-2591 (2006).

Extrapolation technique

M. A. Yurkin, V. P. Maltsev, and A. G. Hoekstra, “Convergence of the discrete dipole approximation. II. An extrapolation technique to increase the accuracy,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 23, 2592-2601 (2006).