Dielectric function of spherical dome shells with quantum size effects

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 11966-11984

  Kumarasinghe, Chathurangi ^a   Premaratne, Malin ^a   Agrawal, Govind P ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMES; SPHERES;

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CONDUCTION ELECTRONS; DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; LEGENDRE POLYNOMIALS; QUANTITATIVE CORRECTIONS; QUANTUM SIZE EFFECTS; SINGLE ELECTRON; SPHERICAL DOMES;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 84901260188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.011966     Document Type: Article

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