title: An analytic model for the optical properties of gold.
abstract: A simple analytic model for the optical properties of gold is proposed. The model includes a minimum set of parameters necessary to represent the complex dielectric function of gold in the visible and near-uv regions. Explicit values for the parameters to reproduce the Johnson and Christy data [Phys. Rev. B 6, 4370 (1972)] on the optical properties of gold are provided.
authors.affiliation: The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand. pablo.etchegoin@vuw.ac.nz
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Etchegoin
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Le Ru
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D008956:Models, Chemical
chemical_list: D006046:Gold