Search results for "Localized surface plasmon"

Mapping the polarization pattern of plasmon modes reveals nanoparticle symmetry.

2008

We study the wavelength and polarization dependent plasmon resonances of single silver and gold nanorods, triangles, cubes, and dimers with a novel single particle spectroscopy method (RotPOL). In RotPOL, a rotating wedge-shaped polarizer encodes the full polarization information of each particle within one image. This reveals the symmetry of the particles and their plasmon modes, allows analyzing inhomogeneous samples and the monitoring of particle shape changes during growth in situ.

Molecular-mediated assembly of silver nanoparticles with controlled interparticle spacing and chain length

2012

In the present work, we report on a one-pot method for the assembly of noble metal nanoparticles with tunable optical properties, assembly length and interparticle spacing. The synthetic colloidal route is based on the covalent binding among OH-terminated silver nanoparticles by means of dicarboxylic acids with a defined molecular length. As a result, the initially symmetric plasmon band of silver nanoparticles splits into two plasmonic modes when nanoparticles are assembled due to the strong near-field plasmon coupling. We noticed a very good correlation between the plasmon wavelength shift and the interparticle spacing that is represented by the universal scaling law of the surface plasmo…

Tuning the propagation constant by the anti-crossing bandgap prism coupling technique.

2012

A novel plasmonic structure based on an anticrossing bandgap prism coupling technique is proposed. The study has been carried out using photonic crystals based on diffraction gratings (bounded by dielectrics with identical dielectric functions) together with a high refractive index prism to couple the long-range surface plasmon polaritons to photons. We analyse the structure and demonstrate the ability for tuning the propagation constants of plasmon modes by changing the thickness of the gold grating. The comparison to non-bandgap techniques is studied, and the influence of the plasmonic configuration on the plasmon propagation constant is discussed as well. Experimental measurements were a…

Highly Sensitive plasmonic silver nanorods

2011

We compare the single-particle plasmonic sensitivity of silver and gold nanorods with similar resonance wavelengths by monitoring the plasmon resonance shift upon changing the environment from water to 12.5% sucrose solution. We find that silver nanoparticles have 1.2 to 2 times higher sensitivity than gold, in good agreement with simulations based on the boundary-elements-method (BEM). To exclude the effect of particle volume on sensitivity, we test gold rods with increasing particle width at a given resonance wavelength. Using the Drude-model of optical properties of metals together with the quasi-static approximation (QSA) for localized surface plasmons, we show that the dominant contrib…

Multi-frequency near-field enhancement with graphene-coated nano-disk homo-dimers.

2019

In this paper, a 3D sub-wavelength graphene-coated nano-disk dimer (GDD) is proposed for multi-frequency giant near-field enhancement. We observed that the dual-band operation originates from the excitation of hybridized localized surface plasmons on top and bottom faces of the disks along with the mutual coupling from the adjacent particle. Due to the sub-wavelength nature of the disks, the excited localized surface plasmons on the sidewalls are weak but they still can affect the dual operating bands. On the other hand, the strength and resonance frequency of the enhanced fields can be simply modulated by tuning the relative distances of 2D graphene disks on top and bottom faces. Adjustabl…

Probing large area surface plasmon interference in thin metal films using photon scanning tunneling microscopy.

2003

Abstract The interference of surface plasmons can provide important information regarding the surface features of the hosting thin metal film. We present an investigation of the interference of optically excited surface plasmons in the Kretschmann configuration in the visible spectrum. Large area surface plasmon interference regions are generated at several wavelengths and imaged with the photon scanning tunneling microscope. Furthermore, we discuss the non-retarded dispersion relations for the surface plasmons in the probe–metal system modeled as confocal hyperboloids of revolution in the spheroidal coordinate systems.

Surface plasmon polariton propagation length: A direct comparison using photon scanning tunneling microscopy and attenuated total reflection

2001

The propagation of surface plasmon polaritons (SPP's) is studied using a photon scanning tunneling microscope (PSTM) and conventional attenuated total reflection (ATR). The PSTM experiment uses localized (focused beam) launching of SPP's at a wavelength of 632.8 nm. Propagation of the SPP is observed as an exponentially decaying tail beyond the launch site and the $1/e$ propagation length is measured directly for a series of Ag films of different thicknesses. The ATR measurements are used to characterize the thin film optical and thickness parameters, revealing, notably, the presence of a contaminating adlayer of ${\mathrm{Ag}}_{2}\mathrm{S}$ of typical dielectric function, $8.7+i2.7,$ and …

DEVELOPMENT AND NEAR-FIELD CHARACTERIZATION OF SURFACE PLASMON WAVEGUIDES

2007

Direct observation of localized surface plasmon coupling

1999

We report on the direct observation of localized surface plasmon coupling using a photon scanning tunneling microscope. The surface plasmons are excited in gold nanostructures tailored by electron beam lithography. Electromagnetic energy transfer from a resonantly excited nanoparticle to a nanowire, which is not directly excited by the incident light is observed. Our experimental results appear to be in good agreement with theoretical computations based on Green's dyadic technique.

Controlling Light Confinement by Excitation of Localized Surface Plasmons

2007

Localized surface plasmons can be used to control near-field optical phenomena in the subwavelength range. Specifically, this chaper reviews recent results which show that localized surface plasmons can confine the optical intensity down to nanoscopic dimensions. The discussion first considers how a collection-mode near-field optical microscope can observe the squeezing of the plasmon field of metallic nanostructures deposited on a flat surface. Numerical simulations then provide illustrations of the confined fields associated with nanostructures which are feasible using current microfabrication techniques. Finally, we present arguments which explain how localized surface plasmons can deliv…