Numerical study of optical and EELS response of coupled metallic nanoparticles

Stéphane-Olivier Guillaume; Nicolas Geuquet; Luc Henrard

doi:10.1117/12.892893

20 September 2011 Numerical study of optical and EELS response of coupled metallic nanoparticles

Stéphane-Olivier Guillaume, Nicolas Geuquet, Luc Henrard

Proceedings Volume 8096, Plasmonics: Metallic Nanostructures and Their Optical Properties IX; 80962E (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.892893
Event: SPIE NanoScience + Engineering, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPR) govern the optical properties of metallic nanoparticles at the nanoscale level and depend strongly on their shape, size and environment. When particles are a few nanometers apart, new plasmon modes, that can be either bright or dark, arise from the electromagnetic coupling of the plasmon modes of the individual nanoparticles. In the case of 3 gold nanorods assembled in a dolmen-like structure, a transmission window has been observed experimentally from 0.9 and 1.3 eV. It has been attributed to Fano interferences between a broad bright mode coming from the monomer and a narrow dark mode coming from the dimer. Because it is optically inactive, the latter has to be probed locally with an electron beam. This is why we investigate numerically the energy electron loss (EEL) response of coupled metallic nanorods together with their optical properties to get insight into the origin of these Fano resonances. To achieve this, calculations are performed in the frame of the discrete dipole approximation both for optical and EEL excitations.

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Stéphane-Olivier Guillaume, Nicolas Geuquet, and Luc Henrard "Numerical study of optical and EELS response of coupled metallic nanoparticles", Proc. SPIE 8096, Plasmonics: Metallic Nanostructures and Their Optical Properties IX, 80962E (20 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.892893

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