@article {2323,
	title = {Scattering and absorption of light by periodic and nearly periodic metallodielectric structures},
	journal = {Optical and Quantum Electronics},
	volume = {34},
	year = {2002},
	pages = {227-234},
	abstract = {<p class="a-plus-plus">We consider the effect of different approximations to the dielectric function of a silver sphere on the absorption of light by two-dimensional and three-dimensional periodic and non-periodic arrays of non-overlapping silver spheres in a host dielectric medium. We also present some results on the band structure and the absorption coefficient of light by photonic crystals consisting of non-overlapping silver-coated spheres in a dielectric medium.</p>},
	author = {V. Yannopapas and A. Modinos and N. Stefanou}
}
