Critical review of quantum plasmonic models for finite-size media
arXiv:1911.03134
Abstract
We provide a critical analysis of some of the commonly used theoretical models to describe quantum plasmons. We summarize the standard approach based on a Fano diagonalization and we show explicit discrepancies in the obtained results by taking the limit of vanishing coupling between the electromagnetic field and the material medium. We then discuss the derivation of spontaneous emission in a plasmonic environment, which usually relies on a Green tensor and is based on an incomplete identity. The effect of the missing terms is calculated in a one-dimensional model.
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