Abstract:A general simple expression is derived for the time-average optical power dissipation Q in plasmonic or metamaterial-based multilayer structures, which have complex permittivity and/or complex permeability. We demonstrate that the derived general expression for Q, including the optical interference effect, is in the same form as one based on the Poynting's energy theorem, where the optical interference effect is not explicitly considered. The universal expression of Q, derived under the assumption of complex p… Show more
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