Internal homogenization: Effective permittivity of a coated sphere

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 22976-22986

  Chettiar, Uday K ^a   Engheta, Nader ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

COATED PARTICLES; CONSTITUENT MATERIALS; CORE SHELL; DESIGN TOOL; EFFECTIVE PERMITTIVITY; HOMOGENIZATION SCHEME; PLASMONIC; SUB-WAVELENGTH;

PERMITTIVITY;

MICROSPHERE;

ARTICLE; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY;

LIGHT; MICROSPHERES; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 84867288171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.022976     Document Type: Article

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