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Main Authors: Kristensen, Philip Trøst, Kiel, Thomas, Busch, Kurt, Intravaia, Francesco
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.20607
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author Kristensen, Philip Trøst
Kiel, Thomas
Busch, Kurt
Intravaia, Francesco
author_facet Kristensen, Philip Trøst
Kiel, Thomas
Busch, Kurt
Intravaia, Francesco
contents Surface deformations of optical cavities and plasmonic nanoparticles are inevitable in nanophotonics. The random morphology changes of different realizations modify the associated resonance frequencies and quality factors, which may be characterized by specified distributions instead of their nominal values. As an alternative to statistical analyses based on direct numerical calculations, we present an approximate method using first-order perturbation theory with shifting boundaries. For an example resonator in the form of a plasmonic nanowire, the approach explains the bivariate frequency distribution observed in direct numerical calculations involving 1000 realizations of random surface deformations and provides the average and the associated covariance matrix with relatively high accuracy.
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spellingShingle Influence of random surface deformations on the resonance frequencies and quality factors of optical cavities and plasmonic nanoparticles
Kristensen, Philip Trøst
Kiel, Thomas
Busch, Kurt
Intravaia, Francesco
Optics
Computational Physics
Surface deformations of optical cavities and plasmonic nanoparticles are inevitable in nanophotonics. The random morphology changes of different realizations modify the associated resonance frequencies and quality factors, which may be characterized by specified distributions instead of their nominal values. As an alternative to statistical analyses based on direct numerical calculations, we present an approximate method using first-order perturbation theory with shifting boundaries. For an example resonator in the form of a plasmonic nanowire, the approach explains the bivariate frequency distribution observed in direct numerical calculations involving 1000 realizations of random surface deformations and provides the average and the associated covariance matrix with relatively high accuracy.
title Influence of random surface deformations on the resonance frequencies and quality factors of optical cavities and plasmonic nanoparticles
topic Optics
Computational Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.20607