Discrete dipole approximation for the study of radiation dynamics in a magnetodielectric environment

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 8499-8504

  Rahmani, Adel ^a   Chaumet, Patrick C ^b   Bryant, Garnett W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; METAMATERIALS;

COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; DISCRETE DIPOLE APPROXIMATION; EXACT RESULTS; ISOTROPIC SPHERES; LINEAR DIELECTRIC; MAGNETIC RESPONSE; MAGNETODIELECTRICS; RADIATION DYNAMICS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION RATES;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 77950883238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.008499     Document Type: Article

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