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超薄金属薄膜介电性质的量子尺寸效应:Al(111)的第一性原理研究

Quantum Size Effect on Dielectric Properties of Ultrathin Metallic Film: A First-Principles Study of Al(111)

Wenmei Ming, Steve Blair, Feng Liu

摘要:

金属薄膜各种性质的量子尺寸效应(QSE)的量子表现已被广泛研究。本文利用第一性原理计算,研究了Al(111)薄膜介电特性的量子化现象。介电函数上的QSE被揭示,这是由于带内和带间电子跃迁的尺寸依赖性贡献。更重要的是,在1.5~ 2.5eV的能量范围内,薄膜厚度小于15个单层时的面内带间跃迁小于体材料。这表明Al的等离子体材料以薄膜的形式具有较少的能量损失。我们的研究结果可能有助于通过量子尺寸效应寻找低损耗的等离子体材料。

英文摘要:

Quantum manifestations of various properties of metallic thin films by quantum size effect (QSE) have been studied intensively. Here, using first-principles calculations, we show quantum manifestation in dielectric properties of Al(111) ultrathin films. The QSE on the dielectric function is revealed, which arises from size dependent contributions from both intraband and interband electronic transitions. More importantly, the in-plane interband transitions in the films thinner than 15 monolayers are found to be smaller than the bulk counterpart in the energy range from 1.5~eV to 2.5~eV. This indicates less energy loss with plasmonic material of Al in the form of ultrathin film. Our findings may shed light on searching for low-loss plasmonic materials via quantum size effect.

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