Despite the tremendous progress in the field of nanoplasmonics, complex plasmonic nanostructures such as dimers still present a significant challenge for proper numerical characterization. In particular, for the particles which size is smaller than electron mean free path in metals it is necessary to account for effects of spatial nonlocality in simulations. To address these problems a new mathematical model based on the Discrete Sources Method was developed and corresponding computer model was implemented. It enables one to successfully resolve the problem of accounting for spatial dispersion effects, which is especially important in the systems with very small gap and particle size, and it retains all key features of the Discrete Sources numerical approach including flexibility and a posteriori error estimation. We compute such scattering characteristics as electron energy loss probability and total scattered field intensity of nanodimers as one typically has to rely on methods of both optical and electron spectroscopy to experimentally investigate these structures. The developed model also allows to simultaneously consider several external excitations of the plasmonic system, including both electron and plane wave, in order to obtain more information about the system and to significantly speed up computational performance.
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