Quantum-size effects in the electromagnetic response of small spheres
- 10 September 1985
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics
- Vol. 18 (25), 4951-4956
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3719/18/25/013
Abstract
The response of small metallic spheres to an electromagnetic field has been calculated to all multipole orders in the electronic excitations. Quantum-size effects have been analysed and found important for spheres with radii less than 10 AA, where large absorption peaks are associated with electron-hole-pair excitation energies.Keywords
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