1. Mapping Local Surface Plasmon Modes in a Nanoplasmonic Trimer Using Cathodoluminescence in the Scanning Electron Microscope
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Toon Coenen, Amelia C. Y. Liu, Daniel E. Gómez, and Julian A. Lloyd
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Materials science ,Scanning electron microscope ,Electron energy loss spectroscopy ,Surface plasmon ,Nanophotonics ,Physics::Optics ,Cathodoluminescence ,02 engineering and technology ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Molecular physics ,Dipole ,0103 physical sciences ,Microscopy ,Physics::Atomic and Molecular Clusters ,010306 general physics ,0210 nano-technology ,Instrumentation ,Plasmon - Abstract
The excitability of local surface plasmon modes in radial trimers composed of gold nanorods was mapped using hyperspectral cathodoluminescence (CL) in the scanning electron microscope. In symmetric trimers, the local plasmon resonances could be excited most effectively at the ends of individual rods. Introducing asymmetry into the structure breaks the degeneracy of the dipole modes and changes the excitability of transverse dipole modes in different directions. CL in the scanning electron microscope has great potential to interrogate individual nanophotonic structures and is a complement to electron energy loss spectroscopy and optical microscopy.
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- 2020
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