Super scattering phenomenon in active spherical nanoparticles*

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11174222 and 91230203).

Liu Chang-Yu1, Xie Ya-Ming2, 3, Wang Zhi-Guo1, †
       

(color online) 2D pseudocolor plots of (logarithmic scale) each as a function of and radius Rfor spherical nanoparticles with (a) and (b) . Here the gain coefficient is . The dashed–dotted lines in panels (a) and (b) denote these points where the real parts of permittivities are zero.