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Kanehira Y, Tapio K, Wegner G, Kogikoski S, Rüstig S, Prietzel C, Busch K, Bald I. The Effect of Nanoparticle Composition on the Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Performance of Plasmonic DNA Origami Nanoantennas. ACS NANO 2023; 17:21227-21239. [PMID: 37847540 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c05464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
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A versatile generation of plasmonic nanoparticle dimers for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is presented by combining a DNA origami nanofork and spherical and nonspherical Au or Ag nanoparticles. Combining different nanoparticle species with a DNA origami nanofork to form DNA origami nanoantennas (DONAs), the plasmonic nanoparticle dimers can be optimized for a specific excitation wavelength in SERS. The preparation of such nanoparticle dimers is robust enough to enable the characterization of SERS intensities and SERS enhancement factors of dye-modified DONAs on a single dimer level by measuring in total several thousands of dimers from five different dimer designs, each functionalized with three different Raman reporter molecules and measured at four different excitation wavelengths. Based on these data, SERS enhancement factor (EF) distributions have been determined for each dimer design and excitation wavelengths. The structures and measurement conditions with the highest EFs are suitable for single-molecule SERS (SM-SERS), which is realized by placing single dye molecules into hot spots. We demonstrate that the probability of placing single molecules in a strongly enhancing hot spot for SM-SERS can be increased by using anisotropic nanoparticles with several sharp edges, such as nanoflowers. Combining a Ag nanoparticle with a Au particle in one dimer structure allows for a broadband excitation covering almost the whole visible range. The most versatile plasmonic dimer structure for SERS combines a spherical Ag nanoparticle with a Au nanoflower. Employing the discontinuous Galerkin time domain method, we numerically investigate the bare, symmetric dimers with respect to spectral and near-field properties, showing that, indeed, the nanoflowers induce multiple hot spots located at the edges which surpass the intensity of the spherical dimers, indicating the possibility for SM-SERS. The presented DONA structures and SERS data provide a robust basis for applying such designs as versatile SERS tags and as substrates for SM-SERS measurements.
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- Yuya Kanehira
- Hybrid Nanostructures Lab, Institute of Chemistry, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Hybrid Nanostructures Lab, Institute of Chemistry, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- AG Theoretical Optics & Photonics, Institute of Physics, Humboldt University of Berlin, 12489 Berlin, Germany
- Institute of Condensed Matter Theory and Optics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Hybrid Nanostructures Lab, Institute of Chemistry, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Hybrid Nanostructures Lab, Institute of Chemistry, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Hybrid Nanostructures Lab, Institute of Chemistry, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- AG Theoretical Optics & Photonics, Institute of Physics, Humboldt University of Berlin, 12489 Berlin, Germany
- Max Born Institute, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Hybrid Nanostructures Lab, Institute of Chemistry, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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Yan J, Shen Q, Zhang H, Li S, Tang H, Shen L. Broadband unidirectional surface plasmon polaritons with low loss. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:35313-35329. [PMID: 37859266 DOI: 10.1364/oe.504997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
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Unidirectional surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) have been proven to truly exist at an interface between a magnetized semiconductor and an opaque isotropic material, however, they suffer rather serious leakage loss (with propagation length shorter than two wavelengths) caused by nonlocality. In this work, we investigate an alternative category of unidirectional SPPs existing on a nonreciprocal plasmonic platform with a cladding composed of a dielectric heterostructure transversely terminated by metal. This unidirectional SPP mode exists for small wavenumbers within the entire upper bulk-mode bandgap of the magnetized semiconductor, hence it is robust against nonlocal effects over a broad band. In contrast to previous unidirectional SPPs, the leakage loss of the present unidirectional SPPs is significantly reduced by more than five times, since the portion of modal energy distributed in the cladding is substantially increased. A similar reduction in absorption losses associated with semiconductor dissipation is observed. Though the nonlocality induces a backward-propagating SPP with extremely large wavenumbers, it can be suppressed even at very small level of dissipation. Therefore, our proposed plasmonic waveguide actually exhibits exceptional unidirectional characteristics.
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Della Sala F. Orbital-Free Methods for Plasmonics: Linear Response. J Chem Phys 2022; 157:104101. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0100797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Plasmonic systems, such as metal nanoparticles, are widely used in different application areas, going from biology to photovoltaics.The modeling of the optical response of such systems is of fundamental importance to analyze their behavior and to design new systems with required properties.When the characteristic sizes/distances reach a few nanometers, non-local and spill-out effects become relevant and conventional classical electrodynamics models are no more appropriate. Methods based on the Time-Dependent Density-Functional Theory (TD-DFT) represent the current reference for the description of quantum effects. However, TD-DFT is based on knowledge of all occupied orbitals whose calculation is computationally prohibitive to model large plasmonic systems of interest for applications.On the other hand, methods based on the Orbital-Free (OF) formulation of TD-DFT, can scale linearly with the system size.In this Review, OF methods ranging from semiclassical models to the quantum hydrodynamic theory, will be derived from the linear response TD-DFT, so that the key approximations and properties of each method can be clearly highlighted. The accuracy of the various approximations will be then validated for the linear optical properties of jellium nanoparticles, the most relevant model system in plasmonics. OF methods can describe the collective excitations in plasmonic systems with great accuracy andwithout system-tuned parameters. The accuracy on these methods depends only on the accuracy on the (universal) kinetic energy functional of the ground-state electronic density. Current approximations and future development directions will be indicated.
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- Fabio Della Sala
- CNR-IMM, IMM CNR Lecce, Italy
- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies
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No-Slip Boundary Conditions for Electron Hydrodynamics and the Thermal Casimir Pressure. UNIVERSE 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/universe7040108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We derive modified reflection coefficients for electromagnetic waves in the THz and far infrared range. The idea is based on hydrodynamic boundary conditions for metallic conduction electrons. The temperature-dependent part of the Casimir pressure between metal plates is evaluated. The results should shed light on the “thermal anomaly,” where measurements deviate from the standard fluctuation electrodynamics for conducting metals.
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Svendsen MK, Wolff C, Jauho AP, Mortensen NA, Tserkezis C. Role of diffusive surface scattering in nonlocal plasmonics. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2020; 32:395702. [PMID: 32464617 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab977d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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The recent generalised nonlocal optical response (GNOR) theory for plasmonics is analysed, and its main input parameter, namely the complex hydrodynamic convection-diffusion constant, is quantified in terms of enhanced Landau damping due to diffusive surface scattering of electrons at the surface of the metal. GNOR has been successful in describing plasmon damping effects, in addition to the frequency shifts originating from induced-charge screening, through a phenomenological electron diffusion term implemented into the traditional hydrodynamic Drude model of nonlocal plasmonics. Nevertheless, its microscopic derivation and justification is still missing. Here we discuss how the inclusion of a diffusion-like term in standard hydrodynamics can serve as an efficient vehicle to describe Landau damping without resorting to computationally demanding quantum-mechanical calculations, and establish a direct link between this term and the Feibelmandparameter for the centroid of charge. Our approach provides a recipe to connect the phenomenological fundamental GNOR parameter to a frequency-dependent microscopic surface-response function. We therefore tackle one of the principal limitations of the model, and further elucidate its range of validity and limitations, thus facilitating its proper application in the framework of nonclassical plasmonics.
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- M K Svendsen
- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Center for Nano Optics, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
- Center for Nanostructured Graphene, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Center for Nano Optics, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
- Center for Nanostructured Graphene, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
- Danish Institute for Advanced Study, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Center for Nano Optics, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
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Hassani Gangaraj SA, Monticone F. Physical Violations of the Bulk-Edge Correspondence in Topological Electromagnetics. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 124:153901. [PMID: 32357023 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.153901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In this Letter, we discuss two general classes of apparent violations of the bulk-edge correspondence principle for continuous topological photonic materials, associated with the asymptotic behavior of the surface modes for diverging wave numbers. Considering a nonreciprocal plasma as a model system, we show that the inclusion of spatial dispersion (e.g., hydrodynamic nonlocality) formally restores the bulk-edge correspondence by avoiding an unphysical response at large wave numbers. Most importantly, however, our findings show that, for the considered cases, the correspondence principle is physically violated for all practical purposes, as a result of the unavoidable attenuation of highly confined modes even if all materials are assumed perfect, with zero intrinsic bulk losses, due to confinement-induced Landau damping or nonlocality-induced radiation leakage. Our work helps clarifying the subtle and rich topological wave physics of continuous media.
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- S Ali Hassani Gangaraj
- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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Buddhiraju S, Shi Y, Song A, Wojcik C, Minkov M, Williamson IAD, Dutt A, Fan S. Absence of unidirectionally propagating surface plasmon-polaritons at nonreciprocal metal-dielectric interfaces. Nat Commun 2020; 11:674. [PMID: 32015328 PMCID: PMC6997186 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14504-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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In the presence of an external magnetic field, the surface plasmon polariton that exists at the metal-dielectric interface is believed to support a unidirectional frequency range near the surface plasmon frequency, where the surface plasmon polariton propagates along one but not the opposite direction. Recent works have pointed to some of the paradoxical consequences of such a unidirectional range, including in particular the violation of the time-bandwidth product constraint that should otherwise apply in general in static systems. Here we show that such a unidirectional frequency range is nonphysical using both a general thermodynamic argument and a detailed calculation based on a nonlocal hydrodynamic Drude model for the metal permittivity. Our calculation reveals that the surface plasmon-polariton at metal-dielectric interfaces remains bidirectional for all frequencies. The local Drude model predicts that, under certain conditions, surface plasmon polaritons at a metal-dielectric surface have a frequency range where only unidirectional propagation is supported. Here, the authors show that in more realistic non-local models surface plasmon polaritons exhibit bidirectional propagation for all frequencies.
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- Siddharth Buddhiraju
- Ginzton Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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- Ginzton Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Ginzton Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Ginzton Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Ginzton Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Ginzton Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Ginzton Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Ginzton Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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de Ceglia D, Scalora M, Vincenti MA, Campione S, Kelley K, Runnerstrom EL, Maria JP, Keeler GA, Luk TS. Viscoelastic optical nonlocality of low-loss epsilon-near-zero nanofilms. Sci Rep 2018; 8:9335. [PMID: 29921975 PMCID: PMC6008458 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-27655-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2018] [Accepted: 06/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Optical nonlocalities are elusive and hardly observable in traditional plasmonic materials like noble and alkali metals. Here we report experimental observation of viscoelastic nonlocalities in the infrared optical response of epsilon-near-zero nanofilms made of low-loss doped cadmium-oxide. The nonlocality is detectable thanks to the low damping rate of conduction electrons and the virtual absence of interband transitions at infrared wavelengths. We describe the motion of conduction electrons using a hydrodynamic model for a viscoelastic fluid, and find excellent agreement with experimental results. The electrons' elasticity blue-shifts the infrared plasmonic resonance associated with the main epsilon-near-zero mode, and triggers the onset of higher-order resonances due to the excitation of electron-pressure modes above the bulk plasma frequency. We also provide evidence of the existence of nonlocal damping, i.e., viscosity, in the motion of optically-excited conduction electrons using a combination of spectroscopic ellipsometry data and predictions based on the viscoelastic hydrodynamic model.
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- Domenico de Ceglia
- Department of Information Engineering, Consorzio Nazionale per le Telecomunicazioni (CNIT), University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
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- US Army AMRDEC, Charles M. Bowden Research Laboratory, Redstone Arsenal, AL, USA
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- Department of Information Engineering, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Materials Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Materials Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Materials Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA
- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT), Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Benedicto J, Pollès R, Ciracì C, Centeno E, Smith DR, Moreau A. Numerical tool to take nonlocal effects into account in metallo-dielectric multilayers. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION 2015; 32:1581-1588. [PMID: 26367304 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.32.001581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We provide a numerical tool to quantitatively study the impact of nonlocality arising from free electrons in metals on the optical properties of metallo-dielectric multilayers. We found that scattering matrices are particularly well suited to take into account the electron response through the application of the hydrodynamic model. Though effects due to nonlocality are, in general, quite small, they, nevertheless, can be important for very thin (typically below 10 nm) metallic layers, as in those used in structures characterized by exotic dispersion curves. Such structures include those with a negative refractive index, hyperbolic metamaterials, and near-zero index materials. Higher wave vectors mean larger nonlocal effects, so that it is not surprising that subwavelength imaging capabilities of hyperbolic metamaterials are found to be sensitive to nonlocal effects. We find in all cases that the inclusion of nonlocal effects leads to at least a 5% higher transmission through the considered structure.
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Resonance shifts and spill-out effects in self-consistent hydrodynamic nanoplasmonics. Nat Commun 2015; 6:7132. [PMID: 26013263 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2014] [Accepted: 04/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The standard hydrodynamic Drude model with hard-wall boundary conditions can give accurate quantitative predictions for the optical response of noble-metal nanoparticles. However, it is less accurate for other metallic nanosystems, where surface effects due to electron density spill-out in free space cannot be neglected. Here we address the fundamental question whether the description of surface effects in plasmonics necessarily requires a fully quantum-mechanical ab initio approach. We present a self-consistent hydrodynamic model (SC-HDM), where both the ground state and the excited state properties of an inhomogeneous electron gas can be determined. With this method we are able to explain the size-dependent surface resonance shifts of Na and Ag nanowires and nanospheres. The results we obtain are in good agreement with experiments and more advanced quantum methods. The SC-HDM gives accurate results with modest computational effort, and can be applied to arbitrary nanoplasmonic systems of much larger sizes than accessible with ab initio methods.
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Raza S, Bozhevolnyi SI, Wubs M, Asger Mortensen N. Nonlocal optical response in metallic nanostructures. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2015; 27:183204. [PMID: 25893883 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/27/18/183204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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This review provides a broad overview of the studies and effects of nonlocal response in metallic nanostructures. In particular, we thoroughly present the nonlocal hydrodynamic model and the recently introduced generalized nonlocal optical response (GNOR) model. The influence of nonlocal response on plasmonic excitations is studied in key metallic geometries, such as spheres and dimers, and we derive new consequences due to the GNOR model. Finally, we propose several trajectories for future work on nonlocal response, including experimental setups that may unveil further effects of nonlocal response.
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- Søren Raza
- Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark. Center for Nanostructured Graphene (CNG), Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Filter R, Bösel C, Toscano G, Lederer F, Rockstuhl C. Nonlocal effects: relevance for the spontaneous emission rates of quantum emitters coupled to plasmonic structures. OPTICS LETTERS 2014; 39:6118-6121. [PMID: 25361293 DOI: 10.1364/ol.39.006118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The spontaneous emission rate of dipole emitters close to plasmonic dimers are theoretically studied within a nonlocal hydrodynamic model. A nonlocal model has to be used since quantum emitters in the immediate environment of a metallic nanoparticle probe its electronic structure. Compared to local calculations, the emission rate is significantly reduced. The influence is mostly pronounced if the emitter is located close to sharp edges. We suggest to use quantum emitters to test nonlocal effects in experimentally feasible configurations.
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Wiener A, Fernández-Domínguez AI, Horsfield AP, Pendry JB, Maier SA. Nonlocal effects in the nanofocusing performance of plasmonic tips. NANO LETTERS 2012; 12:3308-3314. [PMID: 22616689 DOI: 10.1021/nl301478n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The nanofocusing performance of plasmonic tips is studied analytically and numerically. The effects of electron-electron interactions in the dielectric response of the metal are taken into account through the implementation of a nonlocal, spatially dispersive, hydrodynamic permittivity. We demonstrate that spatial dispersion only slightly modifies the device parameters which maximize its field enhancement capabilities. The interplay between nonlocality, tip bluntness, and surface roughness is explored. We show that, although spatial dispersion reduces the field enhancement taking place at the structure apex, it also diminishes the impact that geometric imperfections have on its performance.
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- Aeneas Wiener
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ
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