Lifetime of the surface magnetoplasmons in metallic nanoparticles

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2010-10-22

arxiv.org/abs/1010.4716v2

Phys. Rev. B 83, 125405 (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

11 pages, 6 figures; published version

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.83.125405

We study the influence of an external magnetic field on the collective electronic excitations in metallic nanoparticles. While the usual surface plasmon corresponding to the collective oscillation of the electrons with respect to the ionic background persists in the direction parallel to the magnetic field, the components in the perpendicular plane are affected by the field and give rise to two collective modes with field-dependent frequencies, the surface magnetoplasmons. We analyze the decay of these collective excitations by their coupling to particle-hole excitations and determine how their lifetimes are modified by the magnetic field. In particular, we show that the lifetime of the usual surface plasmon is not modified by the magnetic field, while the lifetime of the two surface magnetoplasmons present a weak magnetic-field dependence. Optical spectroscopy experiments are suggested in which signatures of the surface magnetoplasmons may be observed.

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