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Metal optics near the plasma frequency

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Festkörperprobleme 22

Part of the book series: Advances in Solid State Physics ((ASSP,volume 22))

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Near the plasma frequency spatial dispersion is an important effect in metal optics, since it leads to optical excitation of plasma waves. We outline an extension of local metal optics, which takes this effect into account via the hydrodynamical approximation for the electron motion and appropriate additional boundary conditions. We discuss a number of successful applications including an analysis of the fields near the surface. Finally, we review other methods dealing with nonlocal optics near a metal surface and comment on the theoretical limitations and practical merits of the hydrodynamical approach.

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Forstmann, F., Gerhardts, R.R. (1982). Metal optics near the plasma frequency. In: Grosse Aachen, P. (eds) Festkörperprobleme 22. Advances in Solid State Physics, vol 22. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0107944

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