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Analysis of the interaction between classical and quantum plasmons via FDTD-TDDFT method

You, JW; Panoiu, NC; (2019) Analysis of the interaction between classical and quantum plasmons via FDTD-TDDFT method. IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques , 4 pp. 111-118. 10.1109/JMMCT.2019.2906585. Green open access

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Abstract

A powerful hybrid FDTD-TDDFT method is used to study the interaction between classical plasmons of a gold bowtie nanoantenna and quantum plasmons of graphene nanoflakes (GNFs) placed in the narrow gap of the nanoantenna. Due to the hot-spot plasmon of the bowtie nanoantenna, the localfield intensity in the gap increases significantly, so that the optical response of the GNF is dramatically enhanced. To study this interaction between classical and quantum plasmons, we decompose this multiscale and multiphysics system into two computational regions, a classical and a quantum one. In the quantum region, the quantum plasmons of the GNF are studied using the TDDFT method, whereas the FDTD method is used to investigate the classical plasmons of the bowtie nanoantenna. Our analysis shows that in this hybrid system the quantum plasmon response of a molecular-scale GNF can be enhanced by more than two orders of magnitude, when the frequencies of the quantum and classical plasmons are the same. This finding can be particularly useful for applications to molecular sensors and quantum optics.

Type: Article
Title: Analysis of the interaction between classical and quantum plasmons via FDTD-TDDFT method
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1109/JMMCT.2019.2906585
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1109/JMMCT.2019.2906585
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Classical plasmon, quantum plasmon, multiphysics computation, FDTD, TDDFT
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Electronic and Electrical Eng
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10072235
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