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K*{\Lambda}(1116) photoproduction and nucleon resonances
In this presentation, we report our recent studies on the
photoproduction off the proton target, using the tree-level Born approximation,
via the effective Lagrangian approach. In addition, we include the nine (three-
or four-star confirmed) nucleon resonances below the threshold
MeV, to interpret the discrepancy between the
experiment and previous theoretical studies, in the vicinity of the threshold
region. From the numerical studies, we observe that the and
play an important role for the cross-section enhancement near
the . It also turns out that, in order to reproduce the
data, we have the vector coupling constants
and
.Comment: 2 pages, 2 figures, talk given at International Conference on the
structure of baryons, BARYONS'10, Dec. 7-11, 2010, Osaka, Japa
Periodic Modulation of Extraordinary Optical Transmission through Subwavelength Hole Arrays using Surrounding Bragg Mirrors
The enhanced light transmission through an array of subwavelength holes
surrounded by Bragg mirrors is studied, showing that the mirrors act to confine
the surface plasmons associated with the Extraordinary Optical Transmission
effect, forming a surface resonant cavity. The overall effect is increased
light transmission intensity by more than a factor of three beyond the already
enhanced transmission, independent of whether the Bragg mirrors are on the
input or the output side of the incident light. The geometry of the Bragg
mirror structures controls the enhancement, and can even reduce the
transmission in half. By varying these geometric parameters, we were able to
periodically modulate the transmission of light for specific wavelengths,
consistent with the propagation and interference of surface plasmon waves in a
resonant cavity. FDTD simulations and a wave propagation model verify this
effect.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figure
A Suspended Nanogap Formed by Field-Induced Atomically Sharp Tips
A sub-nanometer scale suspended gap (nanogap) defined by electric field-induced atomically sharp metallic tips is presented. A strong local electric field (\u3e109 V=m) across micro/nanomachined tips facing each other causes the metal ion migration in the form of dendrite-like growth at the cathode. The nanogap is fully isolated from the substrate eliminating growth mechanisms that involve substrate interactions. The proposed mechanism of ion transportation is verified using real-time imaging of the metal ion transportation using an in situ biasing in transmission electron microscope (TEM). The configuration of the micro/nanomachined suspended tips allows nanostructure growth of a wide variety of materials including metals, metal-oxides, and polymers. VC 2012 American Institute of Physics
A nested hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin method for computing second-harmonic generation in three-dimensional metallic nanostructures
In this paper, we develop a nested hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin (HDG)
method to numerically solve the Maxwell's equations coupled with the
hydrodynamic model for the conduction-band electrons in metals. By means of a
static condensation to eliminate the degrees of freedom of the approximate
solution defined in the elements, the HDG method yields a linear system in
terms of the degrees of freedom of the approximate trace defined on the element
boundaries. Furthermore, we propose to reorder these degrees of freedom so that
the linear system accommodates a second static condensation to eliminate a
large portion of the degrees of freedom of the approximate trace, thereby
yielding a much smaller linear system. For the particular metallic structures
considered in this paper, the resulting linear system obtained by means of
nested static condensations is a block tridiagonal system, which can be solved
efficiently. We apply the nested HDG method to compute the second harmonic
generation (SHG) on a triangular coaxial periodic nanogap structure. This
nonlinear optics phenomenon features rapid field variations and extreme
boundary-layer structures that span multiple length scales. Numerical results
show that the ability to identify structures which exhibit resonances at
and is paramount to excite the second harmonic response.Comment: 31 pages, 7 figure
Impact of surface roughness in nanogap plasmonic systems
Recent results have shown unprecedented control over separation distances
between two metallic elements hundreds of nanometers in size, underlying the
effects of free-electron nonlocal response also at mid-infrared wavelengths.
Most of metallic systems however, still suffer from some degree of
inhomogeneity due to fabrication-induced surface roughness. Nanoscale roughness
in such systems might hinder the understanding of the role of microscopic
interactions. Here we investigate the effect of surface roughness in coaxial
nanoapertures resonating at mid-infrared frequencies. We show that although
random roughness shifts the resonances in an unpredictable way, the impact of
nonlocal effects can still be clearly observed. Roughness-induced perturbation
on the peak resonance of the system shows a strong correlation with the
effective gap size of the individual samples. Fluctuations due to fabrication
imperfections then can be suppressed by performing measurements on structure
ensembles in which averaging over a large number of samples provides a precise
measure of the ideal system's optical properties
Anisotropic Acoustic Plasmons in Black Phosphorus
Recently, it was demonstrated that a graphene/dielectric/metal configuration
can support acoustic plasmons, which exhibit extreme plasmon confinement an
order of magnitude higher than that of conventional graphene plasmons. Here, we
investigate acoustic plasmons supported in a monolayer and multilayers of black
phosphorus (BP) placed just a few nanometers above a conducting plate. In the
presence of a conducting plate, the acoustic plasmon dispersion for the
armchair direction is found to exhibit the characteristic linear scaling in the
mid- and far-infrared regime while it largely deviates from that in the long
wavelength limit and near-infrared regime. For the zigzag direction, such
scaling behavior is not evident due to relatively tighter plasmon confinement.
Further, we demonstrate a new design for an acoustic plasmon resonator that
exhibits higher plasmon confinement and resonance efficiency than BP ribbon
resonators in the mid-infrared and longer wavelength regime. Theoretical
framework and new resonator design studied here provide a practical route
toward the experimental verification of the acoustic plasmons in BP and open up
the possibility to develop novel plasmonic and optoelectronic devices that can
leverage its strong in-plane anisotropy and thickness-dependent band gap
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