Discrete source method for the study of influence nonlocality on characteristics of the plasmonic nanolaser resonators

The discrete source method is generalized so as to investigate the nonlocal effects in multilayered particles on a substrate. The scheme for constructing an approximate solution and the corresponding numerical algorithm are described in detail. The developed approach is used to study the optical characteristics of 3D cavities of plasmonic nanolasers. It is shown that the amplitude of surface plasmon resonance and the amplification factor of the near-field intensity are reduced significantly when the nonlocal effects are taken into account. It is also shown that the amplification factor can be increased by more than twice by varying the material and thickness of the cavity shell and the direction of the incident wave.