Principal modes of Maxwell’s equations

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Abstract

This chapter reviews the use of principal modes—states which are maximally correlated between two subspaces and hence form pairs unique up to phase factors—in solving Maxwell’s equations and analysing these solutions for nanoparticles and structures. The mathematical structure of this method allows a computationally efficient generalisation of Mie’s analytical approach for the sphere to obtain semi-analytical solutions for general geometries with smooth interfaces. We apply this method to investigate a range of single and multiple particle metallic structures in the linear, non-linear and non-local response regimes outside of the quasi-static limit.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Generalized Multipole Technique for Light Scattering
EditorsThomas Wriedt, Yuri Eremin
Place of PublicationBerlin
PublisherSpringer International Publishing AG
Chapter1
Number of pages33
ISBN (Print)9783319748894, 9783319748900
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Apr 2018

Publication series

NameSpringer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics
PublisherSpringer
ISSN (Print)1615-5653
ISSN (Electronic)2197-6791

Keywords

  • principal modes
  • phase factors
  • Maxwell's equations

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