Fundamental Limits to Extinction by Metallic Nanoparticles
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DeLacy, Brendan G.; Miller, Owen D.; Hsu, Chia Wei; Reid, M. T. Homer; Soljacic, Marin; Qiu, Wenjun; Joannopoulos, John; Johnson, Steven G; ... Show more Show less
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We show that there are shape-independent upper bounds to the extinction cross section per unit volume of dilute, randomly arranged nanoparticles, given only material permittivity. Underlying the limits are restrictive sum rules that constrain the distribution of quasistatic eigenvalues. Surprisingly, optimally designed spheroids, with only a single quasistatic degree of freedom, reach the upper bounds for four permittivity values. Away from these permittivities, we demonstrate computationally optimized structures that surpass spheroids and approach the fundamental limits.
Date issued
2014-03Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of PhysicsJournal
Physical Review Letters
Publisher
American Physical Society
Citation
Miller, O. D., C. W. Hsu, M. T. H. Reid, W. Qiu, B. G. DeLacy, J. D. Joannopoulos, M. Soljacic, and S. G. Johnson. “Fundamental Limits to Extinction by Metallic Nanoparticles.” Physical Review Letters 112, no. 12 (March 2014).
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0031-9007
1079-7114