{
  "id": "1502.04960",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2015-02-17T17:10:56.000Z",
  "updated": "2015-02-17T17:10:56.000Z",
  "title": "Plasmonic Waves on a Chain of Metallic Nanoparticles: Combined Effects of a Liquid Crystalline Host and Static Magnetic Field",
  "authors": [
    "N. A. Pike",
    "D. Stroud"
  ],
  "comment": "7 Pages, 4 Figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1210.1509",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "We calculate the dispersion relations of plasmonic waves propagating along a chain of metallic nanoparticles in the presence of both a static magnetic field $ B$ and a liquid crystalline host. Our calculations use the quasistatic approximation and a dipole approximation for the interaction between plasmons on different nanoparticles. For $B$ parallel to the chain, and nematic liquid crystal (NLC) host with director $\\hat{n}$ also parallel to the chain, the two transverse (T) branches consist of left- and right-circularly polarized waves with slightly different wave vectors for a given frequency. For $ B$ perpendicular and $\\hat{n}$ parallel to the chain, the longitudinal (L) and one of the T branches mix to form two elliptically polarized waves. In the parallel orientation we find that a linearly polarized T wave undergoes Faraday rotation as it propagates along the chain. For parameters approximating that of a typical metal, and for a field of $2T$ parallel to the chain, the Faraday rotation is of order of microdegrees per ten interparticle spacings. For a cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) host with $B$ parallel to the chain, left- and right-traveling modes propagating along the chain have slightly different dispersion relations. This opens up the possibility of one-way wave propagation at some frequencies. Possible extensions of our approach are briefly discussed.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2015-02-17T17:10:56.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "liquid crystalline host",
      "static magnetic field",
      "plasmonic waves",
      "metallic nanoparticles",
      "wave undergoes faraday rotation"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 7,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2015arXiv150204960P"
    }
  }
}