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Mathematical analysis of plasmonic nanoparticles: the scalar case

by H. Ammari and P. Millien and M. Ruiz and H. Zhang

(Report number 2015-32)

Abstract
Localized surface plasmons are charge density oscillations confined to metallic nanoparticles. Excitation of localized surface plasmons by an electromagnetic field at an incident wavelength where resonance occurs results in a strong light scattering and an enhancement of the local electromagnetic fields. This paper is devoted to the mathematical modeling of plasmonic nanoparticles. Its aim is threefold: (i) to mathematically define the notion of plasmonic resonance and to analyze the shift and broadening of the plasmon resonance with changes in size and shape of the nanoparticles; (ii) to study the scattering and absorption enhancements by plasmon resonant nanoparticles and express them in terms of the polarization tensor of the nanoparticle. Optimal bounds on the enhancement factors are also derived; (iii) to show, by analyzing the imaginary part of the Green function, that one can achieve super-resolution and super-focusing using plasmonic nanoparticles. For simplicity, the Helmholtz equation is used to model electromagnetic wave propagation.

Keywords: plasmonic resonance, nanoparticle, scattering and absorption enhancements, super-resolution imaging, layer potentials.

@Techreport{AMRZ15_622,
  author = {H. Ammari and P. Millien and M. Ruiz and H. Zhang},
  title = {Mathematical analysis of plasmonic nanoparticles: the scalar  
case},
  institution = {Seminar for Applied Mathematics, ETH Z{\"u}rich},
  number = {2015-32},
  address = {Switzerland},
  url = {https://www.sam.math.ethz.ch/sam_reports/reports_final/reports2015/2015-32.pdf },
  year = {2015}
}

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