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    • Optical properties of materials
    • Atmospheric science

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    • Discrete dipole approximation (DDA) is crucial for simulating particle optical properties.
    • High accuracy DDA requires significant computational resources, especially for large or complex particles.
    • Black-carbon (BC) aerosols present challenges due to their size and structure.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the smoothing of DDA discretization using the effective medium approximation (EMA) for boundary dipoles.
    • To enhance the accuracy and efficiency of DDA simulations for optical properties.
    • To apply and validate the EMA-DDA approach for spheres and coated BC aggregates.

    Main Methods:

    • Systematic study of DDA discretization smoothing with EMA for boundary dipoles.
    • Optical simulations of spheres and coated BC aggregates using EMA-DDA.
    • Comparison with reference methods: Lorenz-Mie and multiple-sphere T-Matrix.

    Main Results:

    • EMA significantly improves DDA accuracy for spheres (up to 60x) and coated BC aggregates.
    • EMA-DDA reduces simulation time by an order of magnitude for spheres.
    • For coated BC, EMA improves accuracy, reducing extinction efficiency error from 4.7% to 0.3%.
    • EMA-DDA achieves 1% accuracy with larger dipoles, resulting in ~30x faster simulations.

    Conclusions:

    • EMA effectively smooths DDA discretization, enhancing accuracy and efficiency.
    • The EMA-DDA method is a powerful tool for simulating optical properties of complex particles.
    • This approach offers substantial computational savings for accurate optical simulations.