1.School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China 2.Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Thin Films, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China 3.School of Mathematics and Physics, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou 213001, China
Fund Project:Project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11774252), the National Science of Jiangsu Province, China (Grant No. BK20161210), the Qing Lan Project of Jiangsu Province, the “333” Project (Grant No. BRA2015353), and the PAPD of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, China.
Received Date:28 November 2018
Accepted Date:30 December 2018
Available Online:01 March 2019
Published Online:05 March 2019
Abstract:We explore the coherent perfect absorption of light in a nonlocal metal-dielectric composite film in which metallic nanoparticles (gold) are randomly embedded in the dielectric host medium (silica). The two coherent light beams illuminate the gold-silica composite slab respectively from the left and right sides at the same angle of incidence and the conditions required for coherent perfect absorption are investigated each as a function of different system parameters. Under different system parameters, we study the coherent perfect absorption of a nonlocal particle composite medium. A nonlocal effective medium theory is proposed to approximately describe the metal-dielectric composite film. The effective permittivity and effective permeability of the composite medium are approximated by using the effective medium theory under the model of coated sphere with core and shell. According to the effective dielectric parameters of the composite medium, we can obtain the transmission coefficient and reflection coefficient of the plane wave incident on the slab. By comparing and analyzing the coherent perfect absorptions of the composite medium under nonlocal and local conditions, we find that under the influence of nonlocal effect when the size of particle is very small, the frequency range of incident light that produces the coherent perfect absorption of the composite medium increases and the small size can also cause the coherent perfect absorption to occur in wider frequency range. Especially, we pay attention to the choosing of physical parameters in the design of coherent perfect absorption with macroscopic composite slab when we take the nonlocal effect (or spatial dispersion) into account. In the further calculation, the coherent perfect absorption of the composite medium can be realized by changing the system parameters such as the thickness of composite slab, the wavelength of incident light, the volume fraction of metal particles, etc. We also bring about the coherent perfect absorption at a small volume fraction which satisfies all the conditions. Finally, according to these results, we can realize the control of the coherent perfect absorption with nonlocal effect. Our study may be helpful in designing the optical nanoabsorbers. Keywords:nonlocal effect/ coherent perfect absorption/ composite media/ effective medium theory
如果从左侧入射产生的反射波(${r_1}$)与从右侧入射产生的透射波(${t_2}$)的振幅相同, 相位相差为${\text{π}}$, 即$|{r_1}| = |{t_2}|$, $|\Delta \phi | = |{\phi _{r1}} - {\phi _{t2}}| = {\text{π}}$, (${\phi _{r1}}$和${\phi _{t2}}$分别是${r_1}$和${t_2}$的相位), 此时二者会相消即产生相干完美吸收. 并且由于内在的对称性, 即${r_1} = {r_2}, \; {t_1} = $${t_2}$, 导致在介质两侧的总散射幅度也是相同的. 因此, 在入射介质中相消意味着在出射介质中同样会相消, 这也就导致了相干完美吸收. 在图2的结构当中, 非局域金属纳米颗粒的介电常数由横模介电常数$\varepsilon _{\rm{T}} $和纵模介电常数$\varepsilon _{\rm{L}} $来描述, 分别由下式表示[23,24]: 图 2 有效媒质理论模型, 红色为金属颗粒, 蓝色为基底介质, 灰色为有效介质 Figure2. The model of effective medium. The red part is metal particles, the blue part is base medium, and the grey part is effective medium.