Electric and magnetic dipolar response of germanium nanospheres: Interference effects, scattering anisotropy, and optical forces

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Gómez Medina, Raquel ^a,b   García Cámara, Braulio ^c   Suárez Lacalle, Irene ^a   González, Francisco ^c   Moreno, Fernando ^c   Nieto Vesperinas, Manuel ^b   Sáenz, Juan José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

anisotropic optical materials; magneto optical materials; nanomaterials; particles; resonators; scattering

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; GERMANIUM; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAGNETISM; METAMATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; RESONATORS; SCATTERING;

ANISOTROPIC ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ANISOTROPIC OPTICAL MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC DIPOLAR FIELD; MAGNETO-OPTICAL MATERIALS; MAGNETODIELECTRIC SPHERES; SCATTERING ANISOTROPY; SCATTERING CROSS SECTION;

FORWARD SCATTERING;

EID: 80655149522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3603941     Document Type: Article

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