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Optical properties of nanocrystal layers embedded in a carrier medium

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A matrix ordered nanocomposite formed from a monolayer of spherical particles that is embedded in a carrier medium is considered. An analytic theory describing the optical properties of such a nanocomposite is proposed. It is shown that the monolayer is an imaginary interface with non-Fresnel reflection and transmission coefficients and that the Airy relationships for a thin film deposited on a substrate can be applied to the aforementioned structure. Conditions for constructive and destructive interferences of the fields reflected by the real and imaginary interfaces are determined. With the use of these conditions, it is possible to vary the total reflectance and transmittance of the structure. Expressions for the effective refractive index of the matrix medium are derived, and it is shown that the presence of a nanoparticle monolayer substantially changes this index. The results are verified through comparison with those obtained from the exact numerical analysis.

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Original Russian Text © A.S. Shalin, 2011, published in Radiotekhnika i Elektronika, 2011, Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 20–33.

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Shalin, A.S. Optical properties of nanocrystal layers embedded in a carrier medium. J. Commun. Technol. Electron. 56, 14–26 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064226911010098

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