中国物理B ›› 2018, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (6): 67302-067302.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/27/6/067302

• CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES • 上一篇    下一篇

Resonant surface plasmons of a metal nanosphere treated as propagating surface plasmons

Yu-Rui Fang(方蔚瑞), Xiao-Rui Tian(田小锐)   

  1. 1 Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Electron, and Ion Beams(Ministry of Education), School of Physics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China;
    2 Bionanophotonics, Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96, Göteborg, Sweden;
    3 Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, 637371, Singapore
  • 收稿日期:2017-12-14 修回日期:2018-03-22 出版日期:2018-06-05 发布日期:2018-06-05
  • 通讯作者: Yu-Rui Fang E-mail:yrfang@dlut.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.11704058) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China (Grant No.DUT16RC (3)111).

Resonant surface plasmons of a metal nanosphere treated as propagating surface plasmons

Yu-Rui Fang(方蔚瑞)1,2, Xiao-Rui Tian(田小锐)3   

  1. 1 Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Electron, and Ion Beams(Ministry of Education), School of Physics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China;
    2 Bionanophotonics, Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96, Göteborg, Sweden;
    3 Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, 637371, Singapore
  • Received:2017-12-14 Revised:2018-03-22 Online:2018-06-05 Published:2018-06-05
  • Contact: Yu-Rui Fang E-mail:yrfang@dlut.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.11704058) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China (Grant No.DUT16RC (3)111).

摘要: On the assumption that the resonant surface plasmons on a spherical nanoparticle are formed by standing waves of two counter-propagating surface plasmon waves along the surface, by using Mie theory simulation, we find that the dispersions of surface plasmon resonant modes supported by silver nanospheres match with those of the surface plasmons on a semi-infinite medium-silver interface very well. This suggests that the resonant surface plasmons of a metal nanosphere can be treated as a propagating surface plasmon wave.

关键词: surface plasmons, surface waves, scattering of particles, dispersion relations

Abstract: On the assumption that the resonant surface plasmons on a spherical nanoparticle are formed by standing waves of two counter-propagating surface plasmon waves along the surface, by using Mie theory simulation, we find that the dispersions of surface plasmon resonant modes supported by silver nanospheres match with those of the surface plasmons on a semi-infinite medium-silver interface very well. This suggests that the resonant surface plasmons of a metal nanosphere can be treated as a propagating surface plasmon wave.

Key words: surface plasmons, surface waves, scattering of particles, dispersion relations

中图分类号:  (Collective excitations (including excitons, polarons, plasmons and other charge-density excitations))

  • 73.20.Mf
91.30.Fn (Surface waves and free oscillations) 52.25.Tx (Emission, absorption, and scattering of particles) 11.55.Fv (Dispersion relations)