Negative effective mass in plasmonic systems II: Elucidating the optical and acoustical branches of vibrations and the possibility of anti-resonance propagation

Edward Bormashenko, Irina Legchenkova, Mark Frenkel

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Abstract

We report the negative effective mass metamaterials based on the electro-mechanical coupling exploiting plasma oscillations of free electron gas. The negative mass appears as a result of the vibration of a metallic particle with a frequency ω which is close to the frequency of the plasma oscillations of the electron gas m2, relative to the ionic lattice m1. The plasma oscillations are represented with the elastic spring constant where ωp is the plasma frequency. Thus, the metallic particle vibrating with the external frequency ω is described by the effective mass which is negative when the frequency ω approaches ωp from above. The idea is exemplified with two conducting metals, namely Au and Li embedded in various matrices. We treated a one-dimensional lattice built from the metallic micro-elements me f f connected by ideal springs with the elastic constant k1 representing various media such as polydimethylsiloxane and soda-lime glass. The optical and acoustical branches of longitudinal modes propagating through the lattice are elucidated for various ratios where and k1 represents the elastic properties of the medium. The 1D lattice, built from the thin metallic wires giving rise to low frequency plasmons, is treated. The possibility of the anti-resonant propagation, strengthening the effect of the negative mass occurring under ω = ωp = ω1, is addressed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number3512
JournalMaterials
Volume13
Issue number16
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2020

Keywords

  • Low frequency plasmons
  • Metamaterials
  • Negative effective mass
  • Optical and acoustical branches
  • Plasma oscillations

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