Total absorption of light by a nanoparticle: an electromagnetic sink in the 
optical regime

Sentenac, A.; Chaumet, P. C.; Leuchs, G.

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Total absorption of light by a nanoparticle: an electromagnetic sink in the optical regime

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Leuchs, G.
Leuchs Division, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Max Planck Society;

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Sentenac, A., Chaumet, P. C., & Leuchs, G. (2013). Total absorption of light by a nanoparticle: an electromagnetic sink in the optical regime. OPTICS LETTERS, 38(6), 818-820.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-002D-6797-8

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In this Letter, we give a general description of the illumination and object properties for obtaining total absorption. We show theoretically and numerically that properly designed sub-100 nm metallic particles are able to absorb all the energy of an incident beam if the latter is adequately shaped. In addition to their interest as absorbers, these particles act as efficient near-field probes as they convert the incident propagating beam into a localized nonradiative field. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America