@proceedings {2435,
	title = {Effect of moderate disorder on the absorbance of plasma spheres distributed in a host dielectric medium},
	journal = {NATO ASI "Photonic Crystals and Light Localization in the 21st Century},
	year = {2001},
	pages = {383-387},
	publisher = {Kluwer Academic Publishers},
	address = {Hersonisos, Crete},
	abstract = {Using a coherent-potential approximation, in conjunction with the on-shell method we developed for the study of photonic crystals, we study the effect of moderate disorder on light absorption by composite materials consisting of plasma spheres embedded in a host dielectric medium. We analyze our results by reference to the properties of a single sphere and to those of an infinite crystal. We find, in particular, that the absorption of light by a thin slab (a two-dimensional array of plasma spheres) is affected more strongly by disorder, in comparison to the absorbance of thick slabs consisting of many layers of spheres.},
	author = {V. Yannopapas and A. Modinos and N. Stefanou}
}
