Abstract
We propose an accurate description for the dispersion of gold in the range of 1.24–2.48 eV. We implement this improved model in an FDTD algorithm and evaluate its efficiency by comparison with an analytical method. Extinction spectra of gold nanoparticle arrays are then calculated.
1 More- Received 13 July 2004
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.71.085416
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