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Peer-reviewedCC BYNanophotonics (Berlin, Germany)

Plasmonic Lightning-Rod Effect.

  • Vlastimil Křápek1,2
  • Rostislav Řepa1,2
  • Michael Foltýn1,2
  • Tomáš Šikola1,2
  • Michal Horák1
  1. 1Brno University of Technology Central European Institute of Technology Brno Czechia.
  2. 2Brno University of Technology Institute of Physical Engineering Brno Czechia.
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Abstract

The plasmonic lightning-rod effect refers to the formation of a strong electric near field of localized surface plasmons at the sharp features of plasmonic antennas. Although this effect is intuitively utilized in the design and optimization of plasmonic antennas, the relation between the magnitude of the electric field and the local curvature of the plasmonic antenna has not yet been rigorously established. Here, we provide such a study. We design sets of plasmonic antennas that allow us to isolate the role of the local curvature from other effects influencing the field. The electric near field is inspected by electron energy-loss spectroscopy and electrodynamic simulations. We confirm the existence of the plasmonic lightning-rod effect, demonstrate its decoupling from concurrent effects influencing the field, and establish its quantitative description, showing that its strength can be interpreted as comparable to that of the electrostatic lightning-rod effect. We also provide a simple empirical formula for the spatial dependence of the field, which includes the effective radius of curvature significantly smaller than the geometrical radius.

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@article{krapek2026plasmonic,
  title = {{Plasmonic Lightning-Rod Effect.}},
  author = {Vlastimil Křápek and Rostislav Řepa and Michael Foltýn and Tomáš Šikola and Michal Horák},
  journal = {Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany)},
  year = {2026},
  month = nov,
  doi = {10.1002/nap2.70348},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42997256},
  note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - Plasmonic Lightning-Rod Effect.
AU  - Vlastimil Křápek
AU  - Rostislav Řepa
AU  - Michael Foltýn
AU  - Tomáš Šikola
AU  - Michal Horák
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/11/06
JO  - Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany)
DO  - 10.1002/nap2.70348
UR  - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42997256
AB  - The plasmonic lightning-rod effect refers to the formation of a strong electric near field of localized surface plasmons at the sharp features of plasmonic antennas. Although this effect is intuitively utilized in the design and optimization of plasmonic antennas, the relation between the magnitude of the electric field and the local curvature of the plasmonic antenna has not yet been rigorously established. Here, we provide such a study. We design sets of plasmonic antennas that allow us to isolate the role of the local curvature from other effects influencing the field. The electric near field is inspected by electron energy-loss spectroscopy and electrodynamic simulations. We confirm the existence of the plasmonic lightning-rod effect, demonstrate its decoupling from concurrent effects influencing the field, and establish its quantitative description, showing that its strength can be interpreted as comparable to that of the electrostatic lightning-rod effect. We also provide a simple empirical formula for the spatial dependence of the field, which includes the effective radius of curvature significantly smaller than the geometrical radius.
SN  - 2192-8606
SN  - 2192-8614
ER  -