Modeling and simulation of active plasmonics with the FDTD method by using solid state and Lorentz-Drude dispersive model

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 352-359

  Ahmed, Iftikhar ^a   Khoo, Eng Huat ^a   Kurniawan, Oka ^a   Li, Er Ping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

ACTIVE PLASMONICS; DISPERSIVE MODELS; ELECTRON DYNAMICS; FDTD METHOD; FERMI-DIRAC; LORENTZ; MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS; METAL SEMICONDUCTOR METAL; METALLIC PART; MICROCAVITY RESONATOR; MODELING AND SIMULATION; MULTI-ELECTRON; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PAULI EXCLUSION PRINCIPLE; PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDES; QUANTUM MODELS; STATE-FILLING; THERMALIZATION;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

EID: 79952124937     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.000352     Document Type: Article

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