Study on the nonlocal effects in dimers of circular and elliptical cross-sections

Abstract

The nonlocal effects of dimers consisting of two cylinders are studied, whose cross-section is elliptical. Importantly, the results with dimers whose cross-section is circular are compared. For comparison, the curvature of the ellipse is set the same as the circle, and four different geometries are considered. The electric field enhancement at the gap center and the absorption spectrum of the dimers are calculated. For the second geometry, either the electric field enhancement at the gap center or the absorption spectrum is approximately calculated using the first geometry, the frequencies corresponding to the peaks are totally different. Similarly, for the fourth geometry, either the electric field enhancement at the gap center or the absorption spectrum is approximately calculated using the third geometry, the disciplines of the peak values change as the radius of curvature increases are totally different.