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Microscopic theory of electromagnetic energy transport in nanostructured media

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Yongqiang Xue  and
Mark A. Ratner
Yongqiang Xue
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Materials Research Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
Mark A. Ratner
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Materials Research Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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Abstract

We present a microscopic theory of electromagnetic energy transport in nanostructured media based on the Lagrangian formulation of semiclassical electrodynamics. We show the importance of the interplay between transverse and longitudinal local fields in determining the light-matter interaction in nanostructured media. We derive rigorously the coupled-dipole equation of the local fields and apply the theory to analyze energy transport in metal nanoparticle chain waveguide.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 797: Symposium W – Engineered Porosity for Microphotonics and Plasmonics , 2003 , W5.16
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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