Enhanced surface plasmon resonance absorption in metal-dielectric-metal layered microspheres

Details Enhanced surface plasmon resonance absorption in metal-dielectric-metal layered microspheres Enhanced surface plasmon resonance absorption in metal-dielectric-metal layered microspheres

2005-11-29

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0511246v3

Opt. Lett. 31, 1136 (2006)

Physics

Optics

4 pages, 3 figures, Accepted for publication, Optics Letters. Revisions upon final review

Scientific paper

10.1364/OL.31.001136

We present a theoretical study of the dispersion relation of surface plasmon resonances of mesoscopic metal-dielectric-metal microspheres. By analyzing the solutions to Maxwell's equations, we obtain a simple geometric condition for which the system exhibits a band of surface plasmon modes whose resonant frequencies are weakly dependent on the multipole number. Using a modified Mie calculation, we find that a large number of modes belonging to this flat-dispersion band can be excited simultaneously by a plane wave, thus enhancing the absorption cross-section. We demonstrate that the enhanced absorption peak of the sphere is geometrically tunable over the entire visible range.

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