Abstract
We study the resonant scattering of light by a transparent dielectric spheroid. We try to understand the features of the resonant modes of a spheroidal optical cavity. In this way, we use an analogy between optics and quantum mechanics. Through this analogy it is possible to interpret resonances as quasi-bound states of light. Using semiclassical methods such as the WKB method and a uniform asymptotic expansion for spheroidal radial functions, we developed algorithms that permit us to calculate the resonance position as well as the resonance width.
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