2002/05/19 by Alexey Yamilov, Hui Cao · 3 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Fern and Epiphyte Biology #Photonic Crystals and Applications #Photonic and Optical Devices #cond-mat.dis-nn
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.68.085111
published as Phys. Rev. B 68, 085111 (2003) · 4 pages, 2 figures
arxiv created 2002/05/19 · openalex publication_date 2003/08/25 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
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 of dielectric spheres as the small as five particles. Density of resonant states of a cluster of 32 spheres exhibits a well defined structure similar to the density of electromagnetic states of the infinite photonic crystal. Our results suggest that, due to the formation of small ordered clusters, a significant modification of the density of electromagnetic states can occur in a random collection of monodisperse spheres.