MieSimulatorGUI: A user-friendly tool to compute and visualize light scattering by spherical dielectric particles

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Janaka C. Ranasinghesagara (0000-0002-6069-6527), Carole K. Hayakawa (0000-0001-5696-160X), Lisa M. Glover (0009-0009-0291-5099), Vasan Venugopalan (0000-0003-4781-1049)

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Ranasinghesagara et al., (2026). MieSimulatorGUI: A user-friendly tool to compute and visualize light scattering by spherical dielectric particles. Journal of Open Source Software, 11(118), 9551, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.09551

@article{Ranasinghesagara2026, doi = {10.21105/joss.09551}, url = {https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.09551}, year = {2026}, publisher = {The Open Journal}, volume = {11}, number = {118}, pages = {9551}, author = {Ranasinghesagara, Janaka C. and Hayakawa, Carole K. and Glover, Lisa M. and Venugopalan, Vasan}, title = {MieSimulatorGUI: A user-friendly tool to compute and visualize light scattering by spherical dielectric particles}, journal = {Journal of Open Source Software} }
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Mie scattering Lorenz-Mie theory Scattering Spherical particles Scattering efficiency Phase function

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