Classical theory of optical nonlinearity in conducting nanoparticles.
We develop a classical theory of electron confinement in conducting nanoparticles. The theory is used to compute the nonlinear optical response of the nanoparticle to a harmonic external field.
Panasyuk
George Y
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Department of Bioengineering and Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
Schotland
John C
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Markel
Vadim A
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