Electro-thermal modelling for plasmonic structures in the TLM Method

Elkalsh, Ahmed; Vukovic, Ana; Sewell, Phillip; Benson, Trevor M.

Abstract

This paper presents a coupled electromagnetic-thermal model for modelling temperature evolution in nano-size plasmonic heat sources. Both electromagnetic and thermal models are based on the Transmission Line Modelling (TLM) method and are coupled through a nonlinear and dispersive plasma material model. The stability and accuracy of the coupled EM-thermal model is analysed in the context of a nano-tip plasmonic heat source example.

Citation

Elkalsh, A., Vukovic, A., Sewell, P., & Benson, T. M. (2016). Electro-thermal modelling for plasmonic structures in the TLM Method. Optical and Quantum Electronics, 48(4), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-016-0542-x

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 10, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Mar 30, 2016
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jul 14, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 14, 2016
• Journal: Optical and Quantum Electronics
• Print ISSN: 0306-8919
• Electronic ISSN: 1572-817X
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 48
• Issue: 4
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-016-0542-x
• Keywords: plasmonic waveguide, photonics, thermal model, electromagnetic, plasma, TLM method
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/977330
• Publisher URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11082-016-0542-x