Polarizability of nanowires at surfaces: Exact solution for general geometry

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 3663-3674

  Jung, Jesper ^a,b   Pedersen, Thomas G ^a,b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Denmark and Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (INANO)   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

BIPOLAR COORDINATES; EXACT SOLUTION; METAL NANOWIRE; MULTIPLE RESONANCES; PLASMONICS; POLARIZABILITIES; SEMI-ANALYTICAL SOLUTION;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 84857282801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.003663     Document Type: Article

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