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Fano resonances in plasmonic core-shell particles and the Purcell effect
Despite a long history, light scattering by particles with size comparable
with the light wavelength still unveils surprising optical phenomena, and many
of them are related to the Fano effect. Originally described in the context of
atomic physics, the Fano resonance in light scattering arises from the
interference between a narrow subradiant mode and a spectrally broad radiation
line. Here, we present an overview of Fano resonances in coated spherical
scatterers within the framework of the Lorenz-Mie theory. We briefly introduce
the concept of conventional and unconventional Fano resonances in light
scattering. These resonances are associated with the interference between
electromagnetic modes excited in the particle with different or the same
multipole moment, respectively. In addition, we investigate the modification of
the spontaneous-emission rate of an optical emitter at the presence of a
plasmonic nanoshell. This modification of decay rate due to electromagnetic
environment is referred to as the Purcell effect. We analytically show that the
Purcell factor related to a dipole emitter oriented orthogonal or tangential to
the spherical surface can exhibit Fano or Lorentzian line shapes in the near
field, respectively.Comment: 28 pages, 10 figures; invited book chapter to appear in "Fano
Resonances in Optics and Microwaves: Physics and Application", Springer
Series in Optical Sciences (2018), edited by E. O. Kamenetskii, A. Sadreev,
and A. Miroshnichenk
Concrete damage analysis based on higher-order beam theories using fracture energy regularization
This paper presents the numerical damage analysis of concrete structures using higher-order beam theories based on Carrera Unified Formulation (CUF). The concrete constitutive relation is modeled using continuum damage mechanics based on a modified Mazars concrete damage model, in which both the tensile and compressive softening behaviors are regularized with classical fracture energy methodology. An expression is proposed to estimate the characteristic length in higher-order beam theories, to prevent mesh dependency. Both softening constitutive laws and fracture energy calculations are obtained according to Model Code 2010. To assess the efficiency of the proposed model, three classical benchmark quasi-static experiments are taken for validation. From the comparison between numerical and experimental results, the proposed CUF model using continuum damage mechanics can present 3D accuracy with low computational costs and reduce the mesh dependency
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