Mie scattering calculation by FDTD employing a modified Debye model for Gold material

The parameters calculation for the modified Debye model in the electromagnetic finite difference time domain (FDTD) method is discussed. Validation for the selected parameters is done comparing the FDTD results with the Mie analytical solutions of a gold nanometer sphere under an optical plane wave incidence. Good agreement with an average relative error 6.7% has been demonstrated as to total electrical field amplitudes on the surface of the gold sphere. It indicates FDTD could be adopted in the optical region for a material even with a negative real relative permittivity particularly as metals.