arXiv · 2512.17513
On surface polariton resonance and its curvature concentration effects from 3D elastic nanorods
Abstract
This paper investigates surface polariton resonance (SPR) in three-dimensional elastic metamaterials with nanorod geometry. The primary motivation is to surpass the physical limitations imposed by the quasi-static approximation for SPRs through anisotropic geometric design. The analysis boils down to analyzing the spectral properties of the matrix-valued elastic Neumann-Poincar\'e (NP) operator defined on the nanorod boundary. We develop novel analytical techniques and conduct a rigorous asymptotic analysis of elastic layer potential operators, specifically adapted for highly anisotropic structures. Within this framework, we derive precise asymptotic formulas for the scattered field in the quasi-static regime. A thorough examination of these expressions yields explicit resonance conditions that intricately link three fundamental parameters: elastic material parameters, wave frequency, and nanorod geometry. Furthermore, we characterize the intrinsic relationship between these parameters and the associated energy blow-up rate of the resonant field. This analysis explicitly establishes a sharp curvature concentration effect at the nanorod extremities, where field enhancement is locally maximized. Our work provides a rigorous theoretical foundation for harnessing elastic SPRs through anisotropic geometric engineering, with implications for sensing, wave focusing, and metamaterial applications.
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Youjun Deng, Hongyu Liu, Wanjing Tang, Guang-Hui Zheng. 2025-12-19. On surface polariton resonance and its curvature concentration effects from 3D elastic nanorods. https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.17513
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