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The scattering of a plane electromagnetic wave by 2D nanoparticles is simulated using the boundary integral equation method. The accuracy and smoothness of the solution are improved by applying Hermitean interpolants for discretization. The accuracy of the numerical approach used in this paper is comparable to the Mie classical solution for scattering by a circular cylinder. It is shown that laser radiation incident on silver nanoparticles generates plasma resonances, giving rise to peak values of the extinction cross section and considerably enhancing the local electromagnetic field on the surface.
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Original Russian Text © S.V. Zymovetz, P.I. Geshev, 2006, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2006, Vol. 76, No. 3, pp. 1–6.
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Zymovetz, S.V., Geshev, P.I. Boundary integral equation method for analysis of light scattering by 2D nanoparticles. Tech. Phys. 51, 291–296 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784206030017
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