Optical properties of thin discontinuous metal films

Citation:

Stefanou N, Modinos A. Optical properties of thin discontinuous metal films. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 1991;3(41):8149-8157.

Abstract:

The authors present numerical calculations of the absorbance of light by a plane of metallic spheres. The absorbance is calculated as a function of frequency for s- and p-polarized light, for different angles of incidence and for different coverages. They demonstrate the importance of l-pole terms beyond the dipole (l=1) term in interparticle scattering. They examine the effect of disorder and consider the influence of a dielectric substrate on the absorbance of the system consisting of a substrate plus adsorbed spheres.