First Principles Calculation of Optical Properties of Transition Metals for Surface Plasmon Resonance Application

• Arifin Muhammad

  Department of Physics Engineering, Mie University Department of Physics, Universitas Gadjah Mada

• Matsumoto Takahiro

  Department of Physics Engineering, Mie University

• Pradipto Abdul-Muizz

  Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung

• Akiyama Toru

  Department of Physics Engineering, Mie University

• Ito Tomonori

  Department of Physics Engineering, Mie University

• Nakamura Kohji

  Department of Physics Engineering, Mie University

Abstract

Optical properties of several transition metals, namely 3d (Fe, Ni, Co, Cu), 4d (Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag), and 5d (Os, Ir, Pt, Au) metals, for the application of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) were investigated. Using first-principles density functional theory method, we calculated the optical conductivities and the dielectric constant by including contributions from intraband and interband transitions. The calculated results for all systems reproduce the experimental trends qualitatively. The contribution of the Drude model is very dominant at low energy levels and gives a tail effect to the spectrum. Peaks in optical conductivity can be observed, which can be related to interband transitions. The SPR reflectance curve based on the Kretschmann configuration has further been simulated.

Journal

• e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology

  e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology 18 (0), 133-138, 2020-04-09

  The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science

Keywords

• <i>Density functional theory</i>
• <i>Optical conductivity</i>
• <i>Surface plasmon resonance</i>

Details

• CRID: 1390283659870136320
• NII Article ID: 130007829934
• DOI: 10.1380/ejssnt.2020.133
• ISSN: 13480391
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ejssnt/18/0/18_133/_pdf
• Text Lang: en
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