Fundamental Limits to Extinction by Metallic Nanoparticles

Fundamental Limits to Extinction by Metallic Nanoparticles

We show that there are shape-independent upper bounds to the extinction cross section per unit volume of dilute, randomly arranged nanoparticles, given only material permittivity. Underlying the limits are restrictive sum rules that constrain the distribution of quasistatic eigenvalues. Surprisingly...

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Main Authors: DeLacy, Brendan G. (Author), Miller, Owen D. (Contributor), Hsu, Chia Wei (Contributor), Reid, M. T. Homer (Contributor), Soljacic, Marin (Contributor), Qiu, Wenjun (Author), Joannopoulos, John (Author), Johnson, Steven G (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), Johnson, Steven G. (Contributor), Qiu, W. (Contributor), Joannopoulos, John D. (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2014-04-03T15:22:28Z.
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