Scattering and absorption of light by periodic and nearly periodic metallodielectric structures

Citation:

Yannopapas V, Modinos A, Stefanou N. Scattering and absorption of light by periodic and nearly periodic metallodielectric structures. Optical and Quantum Electronics. 2002;34(1-3):227-234.

Abstract:

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.