Scattering by nanoplasmonic mesoscale assemblies

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Main Authors: Khan, Md. Imran, Ghosh, Sayantani, Kim, Arnold D.
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Published: 2024
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author Khan, Md. Imran
Ghosh, Sayantani
Kim, Arnold D.
author_facet Khan, Md. Imran
Ghosh, Sayantani
Kim, Arnold D.
contents The flexibility and versatility of nanoassembled plasmonic structures provide platforms for mesoscale tunable optical modulation. Our recently developed model for these nanoassembled plasmonic structures is composed of a dielectric spherical core surrounded by a concentric spherical shell containing a random distribution of AuNPs. This model provides a useful platform for studying the role of a controlled amount of disorder on scattering by a particle. In that context, we explore the angular distribution of scattered light for different sizes (5 - 20 nm) and filling fractions (0.1 - 0.3) of the AuNP in the coatings. The simulations reveal that the coating of AuNPs redistributes power in a way that suppresses angular side lobes, thereby guiding the scattered power preferentially in the forward direction. These results highlight that with the ability to tune both the spatial and the spectral aspects of the scattering profile, these coated structures may serve as a platform for a variety of applications, including passive cloaking, scattering enhancement, and high-resolution imaging.
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spellingShingle Scattering by nanoplasmonic mesoscale assemblies
Khan, Md. Imran
Ghosh, Sayantani
Kim, Arnold D.
Optics
Computational Physics
The flexibility and versatility of nanoassembled plasmonic structures provide platforms for mesoscale tunable optical modulation. Our recently developed model for these nanoassembled plasmonic structures is composed of a dielectric spherical core surrounded by a concentric spherical shell containing a random distribution of AuNPs. This model provides a useful platform for studying the role of a controlled amount of disorder on scattering by a particle. In that context, we explore the angular distribution of scattered light for different sizes (5 - 20 nm) and filling fractions (0.1 - 0.3) of the AuNP in the coatings. The simulations reveal that the coating of AuNPs redistributes power in a way that suppresses angular side lobes, thereby guiding the scattered power preferentially in the forward direction. These results highlight that with the ability to tune both the spatial and the spectral aspects of the scattering profile, these coated structures may serve as a platform for a variety of applications, including passive cloaking, scattering enhancement, and high-resolution imaging.
title Scattering by nanoplasmonic mesoscale assemblies
topic Optics
Computational Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.20528