Title :
Nonlocal effects in effective medium response of nanolayered metamaterials
Author :
Podolskiy, Viktor A. ; Elser, Justin ; Salakhutdinov, Ildar ; Avrutsky, Ivan
Author_Institution :
Department of Physics, Oregon State University, 301 Weniger Hall, Corvallis, 97331 USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate that the majority pf plasmonic nanolayered composites, despite being subwanelength, are not described by effective medium theory and develop an adequate description of electromagnetism in these systems.
Keywords :
Electromagnetic scattering; Electromagnetic waveguides; Geometrical optics; Maxwell equations; Metamaterials; Optical materials; Optical waveguides; Photonics Society; Plasmons; Tellurium;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431697
