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Optical Properties of Fractal Nanocomposites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2012

V. A. Markel ,
E. B. Stechel ,
W. Kim ,
R. Armstrong  and
Vladimir Shalaev
V. A. Markel
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87185
E. B. Stechel
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 88003
W. Kim
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87185
R. Armstrong
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87185
Vladimir Shalaev
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87185
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Abstract

Optical prossesses in nanostructured fractal composites are shown to be strongly enhanced. The enhancement occurs because of a localization of dipolar eigenmodes in subwavelength areas.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 367: Symposium P – Fractal Aspects of Materials , 1994 , 417
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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