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1 Introduction and Description of Contents |
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2 Physics of Metals -- Preliminaries |
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17 | (18) |
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2.1 Definition of a Metal |
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17 | (5) |
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2.2 Scheme of the Fermi Liquid Theory |
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22 | (13) |
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2.2.1 Phenomenological Theory of a Fermi Liquid |
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22 | (4) |
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2.2.2 Outline of the Microscopic Theory of a Normal Fermi Liquid |
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26 | (9) |
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3 Quasiclassical Description of Plasmons in the Bulk Metal |
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35 | (6) |
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3.1 Random Phase Approximation Theory of Plasmons of Pines and Bohm |
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35 | (4) |
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3.2 Screening of the Coulomb Interaction in Metals |
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39 | (2) |
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4 Plasmon Excitations in Nanometre-Sized Metallic Particles |
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41 | (18) |
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5 Damping of Plasmons in Metallic Nanoparticles |
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59 | (38) |
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5.1 Damped Plasmonic Oscillations in Metallic Nanospheres in Dielectric Surroundings |
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63 | (8) |
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5.2 Attenuation of Dipole Surface Plasmons with Exact Inclusion of the Lorentz Friction |
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71 | (6) |
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5.3 Comparison of Surface Plasmon Oscillation Features Including Lorentz Friction with the Experimental Data and Simplified Mie Approach |
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77 | (6) |
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5.4 Numerical Modelling of Plasmon Resonances in Metallic Nanoparticles |
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83 | (14) |
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6 Plasmon Photovoltaic Effect |
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97 | (36) |
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6.1 Semiclassical RPA Approach to Plasmons in Large Metallic Nanospheres |
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101 | (3) |
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6.2 Damping of Plasmons in Large Nanospheres |
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104 | (5) |
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6.2.1 Radiation from Dipole Surface Plasmons -- Lorentz Friction for Plasmons |
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105 | (4) |
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6.3 Transfer of Sunlight Energy to a Semiconductor Mediated by Surface Plasmons through the Channel of Dipole Coupling in the Near-Field Regime |
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109 | (11) |
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6.3.1 Fermi Golden Rule for Band Electron Transitions due to Coupling with Plasmons |
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109 | (4) |
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6.3.2 Plasmon Damping Rate due to Near-Field Coupling with Semiconductor-Band Electrons |
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113 | (3) |
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6.3.3 Transfer of Light Energy via the Plasmon Channel |
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116 | (4) |
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6.4 Experimental Demonstration of the Proximity Constraints of the Plasmon Effect |
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120 | (4) |
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6.5 Calculation of the Matrix Element for the Fermi Golden Rule Expression (6.37) |
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124 | (9) |
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7 Plasmon-Induced Efficiency Enhancement of Solar Cells Modified by Metallic Nanoparticles: Material Dependence |
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133 | (17) |
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7.1 Plasmon-Mediated Photoeffect: Probability of Electron Interband Excitation Due to Plasmons |
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134 | (4) |
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7.2 Damping Rate for Plasmons in a Metallic Nanoparticle Deposited on a Semiconductor |
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138 | (2) |
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7.3 Efficiency of the Light Absorption Channel via Plasmons for Various Materials |
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140 | (10) |
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8 Numerical Simulation of Plasmon Photoeffect |
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150 | (29) |
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8.1 Lorentz Friction Channel for Energy Losses of Surface Plasmons in a Metallic Nanoparticle |
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155 | (3) |
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8.2 Fermi Golden Rule for Probability of Electron Interband Excitation due to Plasmons in a Metallic Nanoparticle |
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158 | (5) |
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8.3 Numerical Modelling of the Plasmon Photoeffect by COMSOL |
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163 | (10) |
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8.4 Comparison with Experiment |
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173 | (3) |
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176 | (3) |
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9 Plasmon--Polaritons in Metallic Nanoparticle Chains |
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179 | (52) |
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9.1 Plasmon Oscillations in Metallic Nanospheres |
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181 | (5) |
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9.2 Radiative Properties of a Metallic Nanosphere in a Chain |
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186 | (4) |
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9.3 Calculation of the Radiative Damping of a Plasmon--Polariton in a Chain |
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190 | (5) |
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9.4 Plasmon--Polariton Self-Modes in a Chain Propagation |
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195 | (3) |
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9.5 The Self-Frequencies and Group Velocities of Plasmon--Polaritons in a Nano-Chain |
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198 | (4) |
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9.6 Exact Solution of Eq. (9.20) for the Plasmon--Polariton Self-Energy |
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202 | (8) |
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9.7 Collective Plasmon-Wave-Type Propagation along a Nano-Chain; Near-Field-Zone Approximation |
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210 | (21) |
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9.7.1 Near-Field-Zone Approximation of the Dipole Interaction in a Chain |
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211 | (4) |
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9.7.2 Medium- and Far-Field Corrections to the Near-Field Dipole Interaction |
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215 | (6) |
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9.7.3 Nonlinear Corrections to the Lorentz Friction |
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221 | (4) |
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9.7.4 Nonlinear Correction to the Radiation Losses of Plasmon--Polariton in a Nano-Chain |
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225 | (6) |
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10 Plasmon--Polariton Kinetics in a Metallic Nano-Chain Located in Absorbing Surroundings |
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231 | (21) |
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10.1 Plasmon Oscillations in a Single Metallic Nanosphere Including Damping |
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233 | (4) |
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10.2 Radiative Properties of Plasmon--Polaritons in a Metallic Nano-Chain Embedded in a Dielectric Medium |
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237 | (3) |
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10.3 Plasmon--Polariton Self-Modes in a Chain in Dielectric Surroundings |
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240 | (6) |
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10.4 Damping of Surface Plasmons in a Single Metallic Nanoparticle Deposited on a Semiconductor Substrate |
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246 | (3) |
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10.5 Plasmon--Polariton Dynamics in a Metallic Chain Deposited on a Semiconductor |
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249 | (3) |
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11 Plasmons in Finite Spherical Ionic Systems |
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252 | (24) |
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11.1 Fluctuations of the Charge Density in a Spherical Electrolyte System |
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253 | (2) |
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255 | (6) |
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11.3 Solution of RPA Plasmon Equation: Volume and Surface Plasmon Frequencies in a Spherical Finite Ion System |
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261 | (2) |
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11.3.1 Ionic Surface Ion Plasmon Frequencies for an Electrolyte Nanosphere Embedded in a Dielectric Medium with εl > 1 |
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262 | (1) |
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11.4 Damping of Plasmon Oscillations in Ionic Systems |
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263 | (7) |
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11.4.1 Exact Inclusion of the Lorentz Damping |
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267 | (3) |
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11.5 Derivation of Plasmon Frequencies for a Finite Electrolyte System |
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270 | (6) |
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11.5.1 Volume Ionic Plasmons |
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270 | (1) |
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11.5.2 Surface Ionic Plasmons |
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271 | (5) |
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12 Plasmon--Polaritons in a Chain of Finite Ionic Systems; Model of Saltatory Conduction in Myelinated Axons |
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276 | (27) |
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12.1 Plasmon--Polariton Propagation in Linear Periodic Ionic Systems |
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279 | (5) |
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12.2 Plasmon--Polariton Model of Saltatory Conduction: Fitting the Kinetics to the Axon Parameters |
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284 | (9) |
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12.3 Soft Plasmonics Application: The Role of Grey and White Matter in Information Processing in the Brain |
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293 | (10) |
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12.3.1 Possible Link with the Topological Model of a Neuron Web |
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296 | (7) |
| References |
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303 | (10) |
| Index |
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