Research Article

Mie Plasmons: Modes Volumes, Quality Factors, and Coupling Strengths (Purcell Factor) to a Dipolar Emitter

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(a) Dipolar and (b) quadrupolar mode profiles of a silver sphere, embedded in PMMA calculated using exact Mie expansion. Silver dielectric constant is taken from [28]. Color and arrows refer to electric field intensity and vector respectively.
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