A new model of dispersion for metals leading to a more accurate modeling of plasmonic structures using the FDTD method

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 849-853

  Vial, A ^a   Laroche, T ^b   Dridi, M ^a   Le Cunff, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MODELING; CRITICAL POINTS; FDTD METHOD; FDTD SIMULATIONS; METALLIC STRUCTURES; NEW MODEL; PLASMONIC; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; METAMATERIALS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 79959332214     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: 14320630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-010-6224-9     Document Type: Article

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