Scattering of Light From Periodic Conducting Nanostructures

Authors

Wesley Mills, Utah State UniversityFollow

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Description

Light scattered from periodic structures generates numerous fascinating phenomena, from diffraction patterns to the black patches on some butterfly wings. The simple scalar wave formulation based on Huygens principle can account for many diffraction and radiation patterns in the far field. However, when the structure dimensions are smaller than the wavelength, light polarization and structure details become important, and the vector formulation based on Maxwell's equations is necessary. I will present an analytic calculation and a numerical simulation on light scattering from two-dimensional conducting grids to model the reflectance from butterfly wings and broadband absorption structures made from carbon nanotube forests.

Publication Date

12-9-2021

City

Logan, UT

Keywords

diffraction, light scattering, Huygens principle, Maxwell's equations

Disciplines

Physics

Recommended Citation

Mills, Wesley, "Scattering of Light From Periodic Conducting Nanostructures" (2021). Fall Student Research Symposium 2021. 70.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/fsrs2021/70