Surface enhancement of local optical fields and the lightning-rod effect

Autor: A. V. Petukhov, V. A. Oleĭnikov, A V Ermushev, Boris V Mchedlishvili
Rok vydání: 1993
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Zdroj: Quantum Electronics. 23:435-440
ISSN: 1468-4799
1063-7818
DOI: 10.1070/qe1993v023n05abeh003090
Popis: The increase in the local field Eloc due to the "lightning-rod effect" has been studied theoretically (in a model of a small ellipsoid) and experimentally (by a method of surface-enhanced second-harmonic generation on a surface with protruding needles). Algorithms are proposed for resolving the overall electromagnetic amplification of Eloc into resonant and nonresonant components, both in the model and experimentally. The model predicts a limitation on the nonresonant local-field enhancement because of the modulus of the dielectric constant of the metal. This prediction has been confirmed experimentally.
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