Shape reconstruction of nanoparticles from their associated plasmonic resonances (Q1756302)

The authors analyze the structure of inverse problems which arise in plasmonics. In particular, they show that the set of plasmonic resonances for a single particle is essentially finite, but it could be infinite for particles that are closely touching. The authors show that certain algebraic domains, which have boundary represented by \[ \theta \mapsto e^{\rho_0} (e^{i\theta} +\delta e^{-im\theta}) \] have only two plasmonic resonances asymptotically, while two touching discs have an infinite number of plasmonic resonances. A number of numerical examples for gold nanoparticles are provided at the end of the article. The eigenvalues of a certain Neumann-Poincaré operator are demonstrated to contribute to the set of plasmonic resonances.