Analysis of plasmon resonances in metallic nanostructures in proximity to dielectric objects with application to heat-assisted magnetic recording.

A novel approach to the calculation of plasmon resonance in metallic nanoparticle located nearby a dielectric object is presented. The plasmon resonance problem for such structure is formulated as a constrained eigenvalue problem for specific coupled boundary integral equations. By solving this eigenvalue problem, the resonance frequencies (wavelengths) of the metallic nanoparticle as well as the corresponding plasmon modes are computed. In this paper, two examples of application are considered and a good agreement between the computational results and analytical solution as well as with available experimental and numerical data is demonstrated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]