К.К. Аltunin - Ph. D. (Phys.-Math.), Associate Professor, Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University. Е-mail: teleportation@yandex.ru

We considered coherent optical transmission of nanostructured films with quasi-zero complex refractive index based on polymethylmethacrylate polymer matrix filled with silver metal nano-particles of a radius a = 4,5 nm and a = 12,5 nm. Within the framework of the electric dipole approach, the interaction between atoms in nanostructures is shown to lead to the increase of the intensity of their optical radiation. It is found that optical characteristics of nanostructured meta-materials with quasi-unit, quasi-zero, zero refractive indices can be calculated with the use of the integral equations method widely used in optics. It is shown that the surface optical waves may be excited on the interface of optical nanostructured meta-material with quasi-zero refractive index at various incidence angles of an external radiation.

 

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