Onset of Bonding Plasmon Hybridization Preceded by Gap Modes in Dielectric Splitting of Metal Disks

Maj Frederiksen, Vladimir Bochenkov, Ryosuke Ogaki, Duncan S Sutherland

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Abstract

Dielectric splitting of nanoscale disks was studied experimentally and via finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations through systematic introduction of multiple ultrathin dielectric layers. Tunable, hybridized dark bonding modes were seen with first-order gap modes preceding the appearance of bonding dipole−dipole disk modes. The observed bright dipolar mode did not show the energy shift expected from plasmon hybridization but activated dark higher order gap modes. Introducing lateral asymmetry was shown to remodel the field distribution resulting in 3D asymmetry that reoriented the dipole orientation away from the dipole of the elementary disk modes.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftNano Letters
Vol/bind13
Nummer12
Sider (fra-til)6033-6039
Antal sider7
ISSN1530-6984
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2013

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