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Nonlocal Response of Metallic Nanospheres Probed by Light, Electrons, and Atoms

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In this paper, the effects of nonlocal response by metallic nanospheres in three distinct settings were investigated: atomic spontaneous emission, electron energy loss spectroscopy, and light scattering.
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Inspired by recent measurements on individual metallic nanospheres that cannot be explained with traditional classical electrodynamics, we theoretically investigate the effects of nonlocal response by metallic nanospheres in three distinct settings: atomic spontaneous emission, electron energy loss spectroscopy, and light scattering. These constitute two near-field and one far-field measurements, with zero-, one-, and two-dimensional excitation sources, respectively. We search for the clearest signatures of hydrodynamic pressure waves in nanospheres. We employ a linearized hydrodynamic model, and Mie–Lorenz theory is applied for each case. Nonlocal response shows its mark in all three configurations, but for the two near-field measurements, we predict especially pronounced nonlocal effects that are not exhibited in far-field measurements. Associated with every multipole order is not only a single blueshifted surface plasmon but also an infinite series of bulk plasmons that have no counterpart in a local-r...

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Nonlocal optical response in metallic nanostructures

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Multipole plasmons and their disappearance in few-nanometre silver nanoparticles.

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Plasmonic quantum size effects in silver nanoparticles are dominated by interfaces and local environments

TL;DR: In this article, a mixed classical/quantum model was proposed to explain the size-dependent spectral shifts of surface plasmon resonances in small metal nanoparticles, induced by quantum effects.
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Surface-enhanced Raman scattering

TL;DR: In this paper, the basic experimental facts and the essential features of the mechanisms which have been proposed to account for the observations have been reviewed, including surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) from single particles and single molecules.
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TL;DR: By varying the distance between molecule and particle, this work shows the first experimental measurement demonstrating the continuous transition from fluorescence enhancement to fluorescence quenching.
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Plasma Losses by Fast Electrons in Thin Films

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