Changes in version 1.2.0                        

New features

  - implemented basic import of .tmat.h5 T-matrices
  - added 'Au2' built-in dielectric function based on Raschke et al
    Phys. Rev. B 86, 235147 (2012)
  - added 'Ag2' built-in dielectric function based on Raschke et al
    Phys. Rev. B 91, 235137 (2015)

Documentation

  - added vignette for .tmat.h5 import and comparison with tetrahedron
    of built-in spheres
  - added vignette for .tmat.h5 import and comparison of spheroid
    T-matrix from SMARTIES and JCMsuite

Website

  - convert to quarto vignettes
  - updated list of publications

                        Changes in version 1.0.2                        

Bug fix

  - missing dependency on dielectric

Website

  - new vignette illustrating rescaling for dispersive incident medium

                        Changes in version 1.0.1                        

Website

  - updated list of publications

User-facing changes

  - new option to provide input wavelengths as an external file

                        Changes in version 1.0.0                        

Website

New vignettes:

  - Polarised orientation-averaged near fields
  - Reproducing cartesian `Higher-Order Polarizability Tensors' for a
    dimer
  - Validation against MSTM v4 for orientation-averaged cross-sections
  - Validation against coupled-dipole approximation for far-field
    circular dichroism

Bug fix

  - Block matrices LR and RL were swapped, resulting in a (small) error
    when computing scattering circular dichroism

User-facing changes

  - MapOaQuantity [p] has a new format (polarised or unpolarised); if
    specific polarisation(s) are requested, they are taken from the
    Incidence keyword

New functionality

  - implemented conversion of multipoles $l<=3$ into cartesian "alpha
    tensor"
  - implemented polarised (L or R) orientation-averaged near-fields E2,
    B2, and LDOC (note: the results are incorrect inside spheres)

Low level changes

  - calcOaExtField renamed calcOaNFUnpol
  - calcOaLDOC renamed calcOaNF; now combines calculation of LDOC and
    field intensities (many terms are common)
  - new routine alphaTensor

R utilities

  - export_cubature() utility function to produce an incidence file
    suitable for TERMS from the cubs package.
  - removed dependency on reshape2; using tidyr instead

                        Changes in version 0.9.9                        

Website

  - updated examples for release
  - new version of pkgdown, some css tweaks

R code

  - some helper functions for hdf5 format
  - vignette schematics in x3d format

Fortran

  - added support for hdf5
  - added computation of local degree of optical chirality
  - added computation of Stokes vectors and Mueller matrices
  - multi-wavelength calculations of near-fields
  - near field maps have more options (E, B, C) and include information
    about material regions

compilation

  - Cmake is now used for building terms

                        Changes in version 0.9.0                        

Website

  - initial website using pkgdown

R code

  - basic package structure
  - examples in Rmd format ("vignettes")
  - basic utilities in R/