Electron energy losses and cathodoluminescence from complex plasmonic nanostructures: spectra, maps and radiation patterns from a generalized field propagator

Autor: Arnaud Arbouet, Adnen Mlayah, Christian Girard, Gérard Colas des Francs
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: New Journal of Physics, Vol 16, Iss 11, p 113012 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1367-2630
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/16/11/113012
Popis: We present a unified framework for the description of the interaction of fast electrons with complex nanostructures based on the Green dyadic method. We show that the computation of a generalized field propagator yields the electron energy losses and cathodoluminescence of nano-objects of arbitrary morphologies embedded in complex dielectric media. Spectra and maps for both penetrating and non-penetrating electron trajectories are provided. This numerical approach can be extended to describe complex experiments involving fast electrons and optically excited nanostructures.
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