This paper analytically investigates the nonlinear behaviour of transverse plasraons in pair plasmas on the basis of the nonlinear governing equations obtained from Vlasov-Maxwell equations. It shows that high frequen...This paper analytically investigates the nonlinear behaviour of transverse plasraons in pair plasmas on the basis of the nonlinear governing equations obtained from Vlasov-Maxwell equations. It shows that high frequency transverse plasmons are modulationally unstable with respect to the uniform state of the pair plasma. Such an instability would cause wave field collapse into a localized region. During the collapse process, ponderomotive expulsion is greatly enhanced for the increase of wave field strength, leading to the formation of localized density cavitons which are significant for the future experimental research in the interaction between high frequency electromagnetic waves and pair plasmas.展开更多
We report theoretical studies on the plasmon resonances in linear Au atomic chains by using ab initio time- dependent density functional theory. The dipole responses are investigated each as a function of chain length...We report theoretical studies on the plasmon resonances in linear Au atomic chains by using ab initio time- dependent density functional theory. The dipole responses are investigated each as a function of chain length. They converge into a single resonance in the longitudinal mode but split into two transverse modes. As the chain length increases, the longitudinal plasmon mode is redshifted in energy while the transverse modes shift in the opposite direction （blueshifts）. In addition, the energy gap between the two transverse modes reduces with chain length increasing. We find that there are unique characteristics, different from those of other metallic chains. These characteristics are crucial to atomic-scale engineering of single-molecule sensing, optical spectroscopy, and so on.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2010CB635112)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.10963002)the International Science and Technology Cooperation Program of China(Grant No.2009DFA02320)
文摘This paper analytically investigates the nonlinear behaviour of transverse plasraons in pair plasmas on the basis of the nonlinear governing equations obtained from Vlasov-Maxwell equations. It shows that high frequency transverse plasmons are modulationally unstable with respect to the uniform state of the pair plasma. Such an instability would cause wave field collapse into a localized region. During the collapse process, ponderomotive expulsion is greatly enhanced for the increase of wave field strength, leading to the formation of localized density cavitons which are significant for the future experimental research in the interaction between high frequency electromagnetic waves and pair plasmas.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.11074176 and 10976019)the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (Grant No.20100181110080)
文摘We report theoretical studies on the plasmon resonances in linear Au atomic chains by using ab initio time- dependent density functional theory. The dipole responses are investigated each as a function of chain length. They converge into a single resonance in the longitudinal mode but split into two transverse modes. As the chain length increases, the longitudinal plasmon mode is redshifted in energy while the transverse modes shift in the opposite direction （blueshifts）. In addition, the energy gap between the two transverse modes reduces with chain length increasing. We find that there are unique characteristics, different from those of other metallic chains. These characteristics are crucial to atomic-scale engineering of single-molecule sensing, optical spectroscopy, and so on.
