Electromagnetic plane wave scattering by a radially uniaxial dielectric sphere: Debye series solution

In this paper, we examine the electromagnetic plane wave scattering by a uniaxial dielectric sphere using the generalized Debye series theory. With the aim of Debye series formulation, the generalized Mie series coefficients are replaced by infinite series of partial wave contributions that are diffracted, reflected and refracted following by p-1 internal reflections in the sphere. In addition to exploring the bistatic Radar Cross Section (RCS) of the positive/negative uniaxial dielectric spheres using Lorenz-Mie theory, the first three terms of generalized Debye series are investigated and the results are applied to improve our understanding of scattering mechanism from a uniaxial dielectric sphere.