2013•Journal of the Optical Society of KoreaOpen access

Study of the Correlation of Plasma Resonance and the Refractive Index to Dielectric Dispersion in the Complex Plane

Xiao-Yong Zhou, Yan Fang Shen, Ertao Hu, Jianbo Chen, Yuan Zhe Zhao, Ming-Yu Sheng, Jing Li, Yu-Xiang Zheng, Haibin Zhao, Liang‐Yao Chen, Wei Li, Xunya Jiang, YoungPak Lee, DAVID W. LYNCH

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Based on the dispersive feature of the dielectric function of noble metals and the wave vector conservation in physics, both the plasma effect and the complex refractive index, which are profoundly correlated to the complex dielectric function and permeability, have been studied and analyzed. The condition to induce a bulk or a surface plasma in the visible region will not be satisfied, and there will be one solution for the real and the imaginary parts of the refractive index, restricting it only to region I of the complex plane. The results given in this work will aid in understanding the properties of light transmission at the metal/dielectric interface as characterized by the law of refraction in nature.

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Based on the dispersive feature of the dielectric function of noble metals and the wave vector conservation in physics, both the plasma effect and the complex refractive index, which are profoundly correlated to the complex dielectric function and permeability, have been studied and analyzed. The condition to induce a bulk or a surface plasma in the visible region will not be satisfied, and there will be one solution for the real and the imaginary parts of the refractive index, restricting it only to region I of the complex plane. The results given in this work will aid in understanding the properties of light transmission at the metal/dielectric interface as characterized by the law of refraction in nature.

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Based on the dispersive feature of the dielectric function of noble metals and the wave vector conservation in physics, both the plasma effect and the complex refractive index, which are profoundly correlated to the complex dielectric function and permeability, have been studied and analyzed. The condition to induce a bulk or a surface plasma in the visible region will not be satisfied, and there will be one solution for the real and the imaginary parts of the refractive index, restricting it only to region I of the complex plane. The results given in this work will aid in understanding the properties of light transmission at the metal/dielectric interface as characterized by the law of refraction in nature.

Key concepts: Refractive index, Dielectric, Optics, Plasma, Refraction, Materials science, Dispersion (optics), Physics

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