Optical properties of isolated and coupled plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) are of great
interest for many applications in nanophotonics, nanobiotechnology, and nanomedicine …

Some of the optical effects produced by plasmonic nanoparticles have been known since
antiquity. However, the physical understanding of these properties only began in the first …

A near-field calculation of light electric field intensity inside and in the vicinity of a scattering
particle is discussed in the discrete dipole approximation. A fast algorithm is presented for …

Their tunable optical properties and versatile surface functionalization have sparked
applications of plasmonic assemblies in the fields of biosensing, nonlinear optics, and …

The discrete dipole approximation (DDA) is a widely used method for simulation of various
optical properties of nanoparticles of arbitrary shape and composition. We present a …

Accurately modeling plasmon-modified fluorescence is important for understanding and
guiding the design of experimental nanostructures that reliably enhance fluorescence. They …

The finite-element method (FEM) is increasingly used as a numerical tool to support
experimental and theoretical studies of the optical properties of nanoparticles, in contexts …

A promising technique in optical super-resolution microscopy is the illumination of the
sample by a highly localized beam, a photonic jet (also called photonic nanojet). We …

For the design of nanostructured semiconductor solar cells and photodetectors, optics
modelling can be a useful tool that reduces the need of time-consuming and costly …

Although many commercially available electromagnetic tools are conveniently used in RF
and microwave applications, only a few of them provide the capability to analyze the optical …