The quasi-static plasmonic problem for polyhedra

Abstract

We characterize the essential spectrum of the plasmonic problem for polyhedra in $\mathbb{R}^3$. The description is particularly simple for convex polyhedra and permittivities $\epsilon < - 1$. The plasmonic problem is interpreted as a spectral problem through a boundary integral operator, the direct value of the double layer potential, also known as the Neumann--Poincar\'e operator. We therefore study the spectral structure of the the double layer potential for polyhedral cones and polyhedra.