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2003

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Density Of Resonant States And A Manifestation Of Photonic Band Structure In Small Clusters Of Spherical Particles, Alexey Yamilov, Hui Cao Aug 2003

Density Of Resonant States And A Manifestation Of Photonic Band Structure In Small Clusters Of Spherical Particles, Alexey Yamilov, Hui Cao

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We introduce a numerical recipe for calculating the density of the resonant states of the clusters of dielectric spheres. Using truncated multipole expansions (generalized multisphere Mie solution) we obtain the scattering matrix of the problem. By introducing an infinitesimal absorption in the spheres we express the dwell time of the electromagnetic wave in terms of the elements of the scattering matrix. Using the parameters in recent light localization experiments [Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 153901 (2001)], we demonstrate that the density of the resonant states, related to the dwell time, shows the formation of the photonic band structure in small clusters …