Computer codes
DDA polyhedral targets
Here, you can find our computer programs to generate different targets to be employed in DDSCAT 6.0. The Discrete Dipole Approximation for Scattering and Absorption of Light by Irregular Particles DDSCAT, is a Fortran code for calculating scattering and absorption of light by irregular particles, has been jointly developed by Bruce T. Draine (Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University) and Piotr J. Flatau (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD).
The web page of DDSCAT is http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~draine/DDSCAT.6.0.html
Once you generate a file with the coordinates of the point dipoles, you have to employ the format code to create a file needed by DDSCAT. Then, you have to choose an effective radius R to give as a parameter in DDSCAT. The volume of the target is equal to the volume of a sphere with such effective radius. For example, if you want a cube with a size of a=20 nm, then, (4pi/3)R^3 = a^3.
Targets
The ouput file shape.dat, which is generated from the following programs, can be read directly from DDSCAT.
Octagonal or tetrahedral prism