@inproceedings{18634,
  abstract     = {{A computational method to obtain optical conductivities from first principles is presented. It exploits a relation between the conductivity and the complex dielectric function, which is constructed from the full electronic band structure within the random-phase approximation. In contrast to the Drude model, no empirical parameters are used. As interband transitions as well as local-field effects are properly included, the calculated spectra are valid over a wide frequency range. As an illustration I present quantitative results for selected simple metals, noble metals, and ferromagnetic transition metals. The implementation is based on the full-potential linearized augmented-plane-wave method.}},
  author       = {{Schindlmayr, Arno}},
  booktitle    = {{Theoretical and Computational Nanophotonics: Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop}},
  editor       = {{Chigrin, Dmitry N.}},
  isbn         = {{978-0-7354-0715-2}},
  issn         = {{1551-7616}},
  location     = {{Bad Honnef}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{157--159}},
  publisher    = {{American Institute of Physics}},
  title        = {{{Optical conductivity of metals from first principles}}},
  doi          = {{10.1063/1.3253897}},
  volume       = {{1176}},
  year         = {{2009}},
}