Plasmonics simulations with the MNPBEM toolbox: Consideration of substrates and layer structures

Abstract
Within the MNPBEM toolbox, developed for the simulation of plasmonic nanoparticles using a boundary element method approach, we show how to include substrate and layer structure effects. We develop the methodology for solving Maxwell’s equations using scalar and vector potentials within the inhomogeneous dielectric environment of a layer structure. We show that the implementation of our approach allows for fast and efficient simulations of plasmonic nanoparticles situated on top of substrates...

Title of program: MNPBEM toolbox
Catalogue Id: AEKJ_v3_0

Nature of problem
Simulation of plasmonic nanoparticles placed on substrates or within layer structures.

Versions of this program held in the CPC repository in Mendeley Data
AEKJ_v1_0; MNPBEM; 10.1016/j.cpc.2011.09.009
AEKJ_v2_0; MNPBEM toolbox; 10.1016/j.cpc.2013.12.010
AEKJ_v3_0; MNPBEM toolbox; 10.1016/j.cpc.2015.03.023

This program has been imported from the CPC Program Library held at Queen's University Belfast (1969-2018)