<p>The MIMOC (metal–insulator–metal optical cavity) device. An optical cavity (OC) of thickness <math display="inline"><semantics> <mrow> <mi>d</mi> <mi>c</mi> </mrow> </semantics></math> made from PMMA (polymethyl methacralate, spin coated photoresist) or SiO<sub>2</sub> is bounded by an aluminum mirror and a MIM interface. The latter consists of a palladium electrode of thickness <math display="inline"><semantics> <mrow> <mi>d</mi> <mi>p</mi> </mrow> </semantics></math>, a layer of insulator of thickness <math display="inline"><semantics> <mrow> <mi>d</mi> <mi>I</mi> </mrow> </semantics></math>, and a thick nickel electrode. A current is positive if it flows from the Pd electrode to the grounded Ni electrode.</p> Full article ">Figure 2
<p>The conductance in mS of the device shown in <a href="#physics-06-00070-f001" class="html-fig">Figure 1</a>, as a function of 100/thickness <math display="inline"><semantics> <mrow> <mi>d</mi> <mi>c</mi> </mrow> </semantics></math> of the optical cavity made from PMMA. <math display="inline"><semantics> <mrow> <mi>d</mi> <mi>c</mi> </mrow> </semantics></math> varies from 33 nm to 1100 nm for the data shown. The data are taken from Figure 3b of Ref. [<a href="#B7-physics-06-00070" class="html-bibr">7</a>] and Figure 4a of Ref. [<a href="#B8-physics-06-00070" class="html-bibr">8</a>]. The solid line just connects the data points. A linear fit <math display="inline"><semantics> <mrow> <mi>y</mi> <mo>=</mo> <mn>0.3519</mn> <mi>x</mi> </mrow> </semantics></math> through the origin is also shown (as the dotted line) along with the coefficient of determination (<math display="inline"><semantics> <msup> <mi>R</mi> <mn>2</mn> </msup> </semantics></math>).</p> Full article ">Figure 3
<p>The dimensionless normalized variance in energy, <math display="inline"><semantics> <mrow> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mn>12</mn> <mo>/</mo> <msup> <mi>q</mi> <mn>2</mn> </msup> <msup> <mi>v</mi> <mn>2</mn> </msup> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> <mfenced separators="" open="〈" close="〉"> <msup> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mo>Δ</mo> <mi>U</mi> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> <mn>2</mn> </msup> </mfenced> <mo>=</mo> <mn>1</mn> <mo>+</mo> <mn>3</mn> <msup> <mo form="prefix">csc</mo> <mn>2</mn> </msup> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow> <mi>π</mi> <msub> <mi>z</mi> <mn>0</mn> </msub> </mrow> <mo>/</mo> <mi>a</mi> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> </mrow> </semantics></math>, from Equation (<a href="#FD8-physics-06-00070" class="html-disp-formula">8</a>) as a function of the location within the cavity <span class="html-italic">z</span> nm for a cavity of width <math display="inline"><semantics> <mrow> <mi>a</mi> <mo>=</mo> <mn>50</mn> </mrow> </semantics></math> nm. The variance increases without bound at the locations of the plates, <math display="inline"><semantics> <mrow> <mi>z</mi> <mo>=</mo> <mn>0</mn> </mrow> </semantics></math> nm and <math display="inline"><semantics> <mrow> <mi>z</mi> <mo>=</mo> <mn>50</mn> </mrow> </semantics></math> nm.</p> Full article ">Figure 4
<p>Normalized variance in energy for cavities of width for <math display="inline"><semantics> <mrow> <mi>a</mi> <mo>=</mo> <mn>33</mn> </mrow> </semantics></math> nm (black dashed) and <math display="inline"><semantics> <mrow> <mi>a</mi> <mo>=</mo> <mn>1100</mn> </mrow> </semantics></math> nm (in red). Near the origin, the variances are almost identical.</p> Full article ">Figure 5
<p>Fractional difference in variance for optical cavities of width 33 nm and 1100 nm, corresponding to data in <a href="#physics-06-00070-f004" class="html-fig">Figure 4</a>. The fractional difference is calculated as the ratio of the difference of the variances at 33 and 1100 nm to the variance at 33 nm.</p> Full article ">