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Simulation, Fabrication and Characterization of THz Metamaterial Absorbers
Published on: December 27, 2012
Intriguing branching of the maximum position of the absorption cross section in Mie theory explained
Abstract:
A potential control over the position of maxima of scattering and absorption cross sections can be exploited to better tailor nanoparticles for specific light-matter interaction applications. Here we explain in detail the mechanism of an appreciable blue shift of the absorption cross-section peak relative to a metal spherical particle localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) defined as the maximum of the extinction (and scattering) cross section. Such a branching of cross sections' maxima requires a certain threshold value of size parameter (x≈0.7 for dipole channel) and is a prerequisite for obtaining high fluorescence enhancements, because the spectral region of high radiative rate enhancement becomes separated from the spectral region of high non-radiative rate enhancement. A consequence is that the maximum of the absorption cross section cannot be used as the definition of the LSPR position for x≳0.7.
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