基于有限元法与超胞法的结构声表面波缺陷态分析

简要介绍了有限元法与超胞法相结合计算结构声表面波缺陷能带结构的方法,理论上分析了缺陷型表面声子晶体的声限制和声波导.表面声子晶体由刻有周期性凹槽的刚性板构成,通过改变晶体中某一格点或某一排格点的几何参数可以构建点缺陷和线缺陷.利用有限元法与超胞法能够十分方便地计算出表面声子晶体的点缺陷和线缺陷对应的缺陷带结构以及特定频率声波局域在点缺陷与线缺陷的本征压力场.通过分析缺陷能带结构与本征压力场,可以直观地了解缺陷型表面声子晶体中的声限制和声波导.     

Effect of spatially nonlocal versus local optical response of a gold nanorod on modification of the spontaneous emission

The spontaneous emission rate of a two-level quantum emitter(QE)near a gold nanorod is numerically investigated.Three different optical response models for the free-electron gas are adopted,including the classical Drude local response approximation,the nonlocal hydrodynamic model,and the generalized nonlocal optical response model.Nonlocal optical response leads to a blueshift and a reduction in the enhancement of the spontaneous emission rate.Within all the three models,the resonance frequency is largely determined by the aspect ratio(the ratio of the nanorod length to the radius)and increases sharply with decreasing aspect ratio.For nanorod with a fixed length,it is found that the larger the radius is,the higher the resonance frequency is,and the smaller the enhancement is.However,if the length of the nanorod increases,the peak frequency falls sharply,while the spontaneous emission enhancement grows rapidly.For nanorod with a fixed aspect ratio,the peak frequency decreases slowly with increasing nanorod size.Larger nanorod shows smaller nonlocal effect.At a certain frequency,there is an optimal size to maximize the enhancement of the spontaneous emission rate.Higher order modes are more affected by the nonlocal smearing of the induced charges,leading to larger blueshift and greater reduction in the enhancement.These results should be significant for investigating the spontaneous emission rate of a QE around a gold nanorod.