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Physical review. B, Condensed matter

Optical free-induction decay in fractal clusters

Vladimir M. Shalaev, Robert S. Botet

Published Nov 1, 1994• 8 citations
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Abstract

It is shown that optical free-induction decay (OFID) in fractals is governed by a power-law time dependence. The scale invariance of the OFID in the time domain results from the self-similar distribution of the dipolar eigenmodes in fractals.
DOI
10.1103/physrevb.50.12987

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