Mie theory applications to study response of metallic
nanospheres in a nanocomposite medium
S. Benghorieb1,2, R. Saoudi1 and A. V. Tishchenko*,1
- 1 Hubert Curien Laboratory, University Jean Monnet, 18 rue Benoit Lauras, 42000 Saint Etienne, France.
- 2 Microsystems and Instrumentation Laboratory, University Mentouri, route d’Ain El Bey, Constantine 25000, Alger.
In this work we present two Mie theory applications for electromagnetic wave scattering by a sphere. The first concerns the change in the refractive index of a dielectric matrix in the presence of metal nanospheres. We develop on the basis of Mie formalism a novel technique to determine the effective index of a composite nanostructure. The second application concerns the extraction of the plasmon field on a metal nanosphere placed in a dielectric matrix. We present some results on effective index variation as well as on the plasmon field distribution.
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