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Quasinormal mode approach to modelling light-emission and propagation in nanoplasmonics
We describe a powerful and intuitive technique for modeling light-matter
interactions in classical and quantum nanoplasmonics. Our approach uses a
quasinormal mode expansion of the Green function within a metal nanoresonator
of arbitrary shape, together with a Dyson equation, to derive an expression for
the spontaneous decay rate and far field propagator from dipole oscillators
outside resonators. For a single quasinormal mode, at field positions outside
the quasi-static coupling regime, we give a closed form solution for the
Purcell factor and generalized effective mode volume. We augment this with an
analytic expression for the divergent LDOS very near the metal surface, which
allows us to derive a simple and highly accurate expression for the electric
field outside the metal resonator at distances from a few nanometers to
infinity. This intuitive formalism provides an enormous simplification over
full numerical calculations and fixes several pending problems in quasinormal
mode theory
Nanostructured In<sub>3</sub>SbTe<sub>2</sub>antennas enable switching from sharp dielectric to broad plasmonic resonances
Phase-change materials (PCMs) allow for non-volatile resonance tuning of nanophotonic components. Upon switching, they offer a large dielectric contrast between their amorphous and crystalline phases. The recently introduced "plasmonic PCM"In3SbTe2 (IST) additionally features in its crystalline phase a sign change of its permittivity over a broad infrared spectral range. While optical resonance switching in unpatterned IST thin films has been investigated before, nanostructured IST antennas have not been studied, yet. Here, we present numerical and experimental investigations of nanostructured IST rod and disk antennas. By crystallizing the IST with microsecond laser pulses, we switched individual antennas from narrow dielectric to broad plasmonic resonances. For the rod antennas, we demonstrated a resonance shift of up to 1.2 μm (twice the resonance width), allowing on/off switching of plasmonic resonances with a contrast ratio of 2.7. With the disk antennas, we realized an increase of the resonance width by more than 800% from 0.24 μm to 1.98 μm while keeping the resonance wavelength constant. Further, we demonstrated intermediate switching states by tuning the crystallization depth within the resonators. Our work empowers future design concepts for nanophotonic applications like active spectral filters, tunable absorbers, and switchable flat optics