Designing materials for plasmonic systems: The alkali-noble intermetallics
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- Journal Article
- Citation:
- Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 2010, 22 (9)
- Issue Date:
- 2010-02-26
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We use electronic structure calculations based upon density functional theory to search for ideal plasmonic materials among the alkali-noble intermetallics. Importantly, we use density functional perturbation theory to calculate the electron-phonon interaction and from there use a first order solution to the Boltzmann equation to estimate the phenomenological damping frequency in the Drude dielectric function. We discuss the necessary electronic features of a plasmonic material and investigate the optical properties of the alkali-noble intermetallics in terms of some generic plasmonic system quality factors. We conclude that at low negative permittivities, KAu, with a damping frequency of 0.0224eV and a high optical gap to bare plasma frequency ratio, outperforms gold and to some extent silver as a plasmonic material. Unfortunately, a low plasma frequency (1.54eV) reduces its utility in modern plasmonics applications. We also discuss, briefly, the effect of local fields on the optical properties of these materials. © 2010 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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