Artistic Illustration of Nonclassical Effects in Nanoscale Electromagnetism (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies

Artistic Illustration of Nonclassical Effects in Nanoscale Electromagnetism

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This is an artistic illustration of nonclassical effects in nanoscale electromagnetism. When the confinement of electromagnetic fields in nanostructures becomes comparable to the electronic length scales in materials, the associated nonclassical effects can substantially affect the electromagnetic response. This illustration represents a film-coupled nanodisk (the nanostructure studied in this work); the insert in the magnifier shows the electronic length scales (in this case, the 'thickness' of the surface induced charge).

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Marin Soljači Research Group

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