Plasmons and diffraction of an electro-magnetic plane wave by a metallic sphere

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 98, Issue , 2009, Pages 97-118

  Apostol, M ^a   Vaman, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC PHYSICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIFFRACTION; ELASTIC WAVES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; PLASMONS; POLARIZATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

COUPLED INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRIC DISPLACEMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC POTENTIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVELENGTHS; SCATTERING CROSS SECTION; SPHERICAL BESSEL FUNCTIONS; TANGENTIAL COMPONENTS; VECTOR SPHERICAL HARMONICS;

SPHERES;

EID: 70749086920     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER09100103     Document Type: Article

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