From Mie to Fresnel through effective medium approximation with multipole contributions

Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Malasi, Abhinav ^a   Kalyanaraman, Ramki ^a   Garcia, Hernando ^b  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

effective medium; fresnel; mie; nanoparticles; plasmon; quadrupole; size dependence

Indexed keywords

FILM PREPARATION; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASMONS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

CLAUSIUS-MOSSOTTI RELATION; COMPLEX DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM; EFFECTIVE-MEDIUM APPROXIMATION; FRESNEL; MULTILAYER THIN FILM STRUCTURE; QUADRUPOLES; SIZE DEPENDENCE;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84901981310     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/16/6/065001     Document Type: Article

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