Parallel, Series, and Intermediate Interconnections of Optical Nanocircuit Elements Part 1: Analytical Solution

Abstract

Following our recent development of the paradigm for extending the classic concepts of circuit elements to the infrared and optical frequencies [N. Engheta, A. Salandrino, A. Alu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 095504 (2005)], in this paper we investigate the possibility of connecting nanoparticles in series and in parallel configurations, acting as nanocircuit elements, In particular, we analyze a pair of conjoined half-cylinders, whose relatively simple geometry may be studied and analyzed analytically. In this first part of the work, we derive a closed-form quasi-static analytical solution of the boundary-value problem associated with this geometry, which will be applied in Part II for a nanocircuit and physical interpretation of these results.

21 pages, 5 figures

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• Parallel, Series, and Intermediate Interconnections of Optical Nanocircuit Elements Part 2: Nanocircuit and Physical Interpretation