Asymptotic approximations for the plasmon resonances of nearly touching spheres
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Oscillation, zeros of solutions, mean value theorems, etc. in context of PDEs (35B05) Asymptotic expansions of solutions to PDEs (35C20) Asymptotic distributions of eigenvalues in context of PDEs (35P20) Physical optics (78A10) Waves and radiation in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A40) Asymptotic analysis in optics and electromagnetic theory (78M35) Statistical mechanics of metals (82D35) Statistical mechanics of nanostructures and nanoparticles (82D80)
Abstract: Excitation of surface-plasmon resonances of closely spaced nanometallic structures is a key technique used in nanoplasmonics to control light on subwavelength scales and generate highly confined electric-field hotspots. In this paper we develop asymptotic approximations in the near-contact limit for the entire set of surface-plasmon modes associated with the prototypical sphere dimer geometry. Starting from the quasi-static plasmonic eigenvalue problem, we employ the method of matched asymptotic expansions between a gap region, where the boundaries are approximately paraboloidal, pole regions within the spheres and close to the gap, and a particle-scale region where the spheres appear to touch at leading order. For those modes that are strongly localised to the gap, relating the gap and pole regions gives a set of effective eigenvalue problems formulated over a half space representing one of the poles. We solve these problems using integral transforms, finding asymptotic approximations, singular in the dimensionless gap width, for the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions. In the special case of modes that are both axisymmetric and odd about the plane bisecting the gap, where matching with the outer region introduces a logarithmic dependence upon the dimensionless gap width, our analysis follows [O. Schnitzer, extit{Physical Review B}, extbf{92} 235428 2015]. We also analyse the so-called anomalous family of even modes, characterised by field distributions excluded from the gap. We demonstrate excellent agreement between our asymptotic formulae and exact calculations.
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