Observation of absorption-dominated bonding dark plasmon mode from metal-insulator-metal nanodisk arrays fabricated by nanospherical-lens lithography

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 3390-3396

  Chang, Yun Chorng ^a   Wang, Shih Ming ^a   Chung, Hsin Chan ^a   Tseng, Chung Bin ^a   Chang, Shih Hui ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

dark plasmon; MIM; nanodisk; nanosphere; surface plasmon

Indexed keywords

ANTIBONDING; ANTIPHASE; BONDING MODES; DIMER CONFIGURATION; EXTINCTION SPECTRA; INSULATOR THICKNESS; LOWER ENERGIES; METAL INSULATOR METALS; MIM; MIM CONFIGURATION; NANODISK ARRAYS; NANODISKS; PLASMON HYBRIDIZATION; PLASMON MODES; SURFACE PLASMONS; THEORETICAL SIMULATION; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; WIDE SPECTRAL RANGE;

NANOSPHERES; PLASMONS;

MIM DEVICES;

EID: 84860367761     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn300420x     Document Type: Article

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