Scattering of a plane inhomogeneous electromagnetic wave by a spherical particle

We extend an analytical solution for the problem of diffraction of a plane wave by a spherical particle to the case of an inhomogeneous wave. Numerical examples showing a significant change in the scattered-wave structure compared with the case of diffraction of a homogeneous wave are presented. __________ Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 72–81, January 2006.