Identification of dark axisymmetric plasma modes in partially gated two-dimensional electron gas disk

Abstract

We investigate the dark axisymmetric plasmon spectrum for partially gated two-dimensional gas of the disk shape. The extension of the central gate spot provides a change in plasmon dispersion from the root to a linear dependence on the wave vector. Intriguingly, the interaction between neighboring modes occurs because of stepwise change in carrier screening across the circumference of the gate. This behavior is unexpected when changing from a fully screened to unscreened two-dimensional gas by increasing the dielectric width under the gate [A.L.Fetter, Phys.Rev.B 33, 5221 (1986)]. Our results provide the accurate identification of axisymmetric plasmon modes recently observed in experiment and, in addition, pave the way for feedback plasmon resonator study.