Fano-like interference in self-assembled plasmonic quadrumer clusters.

Fan, Jonathan A; Bao, Kui; Wu, Chihhui; Bao, Jiming; Bardhan, Rizia; Halas, Naomi J; Manoharan, Vinothan N; Shvets, Gennady et al. · Nano Lett · 2010

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Assemblies of strongly interacting metallic nanoparticles are the basis for plasmonic nanostructure engineering. We demonstrate that clusters of four identical spherical particles self-assembled into a close-packed asymmetric quadrumer support strong Fano-like interference. This feature is highly sensitive to the polarization of the incident electric field due to orientation-dependent coupling between particles in the cluster. This structure demonstrates how careful design of self-assembled colloidal systems can lead to the creation of new plasmonic modes and the enabling of interference effects in plasmonic systems.

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