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Clausius-Mossotti Approximation for Nonlinear Composites with Coated Ellipsoidal Particles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2011

Anatoliy O. Pinchuk*
Affiliation:
I. Physikalisches Institut der RWTH, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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ABSRTACT:An effective nonlinear dielectric permittivity of a heterogeneous composite structure consisting of coated ellipsoidal nonlinear nanoparticles embedded in a linear host medium has been theoretically studied. An expression for the effective dielectric permittivity tensor of such a system has been derived following the Clausius-Mossotti approximation. The conditions for the existence of electromagnetic bistability phenomenon in a single coated ellipsoidal particle with a nonlinear core and a metallic shell have been obtained. The numerical results show more prominent bistability phenomenon in more dense suspensions of nonlinear heterogeneous ellipsoids.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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