Optical near-field analysis of spherical metals: Application of the FDTD method combined with the ADE method

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 11481-11491

  Yamaguchi, Takashi ^a   Hinata, Takashi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

ADE METHODS; LORENTZ-DRUDE MODELS; NEAR-FIELD ANALYSIS; SPHERICAL METALS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 34548425683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.011481     Document Type: Article

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