Geometry Dependent Localization of Surface Plasmons on Random Gold Nanoparticle Assemblies

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Main Authors: Kalady, Mohammed Fayis, Schultz, Johannes, Weinel, Kristina, Wolf, Daniel, Lubk, Axel
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author Kalady, Mohammed Fayis
Schultz, Johannes
Weinel, Kristina
Wolf, Daniel
Lubk, Axel
author_facet Kalady, Mohammed Fayis
Schultz, Johannes
Weinel, Kristina
Wolf, Daniel
Lubk, Axel
contents Assemblies of plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) support hybridized modes of localized surface plasmons (LSPs), which delocalize in geometrically well-ordered arrangements. Here, the hybridization behavior of LSPs in geometrically completely disordered arrangements of Au NPs fabricated by an e-beam synthesis method is studied. Employing electron energy loss spectroscopy in a scanning transmission electron microscope in combination with numerical simulations, the disorder-driven spatial and spectral localization of the coupled LSP modes that depend on the NP thickness is revealed. Below 0.4 nm sample thickness (flat NPs), localization increases towards higher hybridized LSP mode energies. In comparison, above 10 nm thickness, a decrease of localization (an increase of delocalization) with higher mode energies is observed. In the intermediate thickness regime, a transition of the energy dependence of the localization between the two limiting cases, exhibiting a transition mode energy with minimal localization, is observed. This behavior is mainly driven by the energy and thickness dependence of the polarizability of the individual NPs.
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spellingShingle Geometry Dependent Localization of Surface Plasmons on Random Gold Nanoparticle Assemblies
Kalady, Mohammed Fayis
Schultz, Johannes
Weinel, Kristina
Wolf, Daniel
Lubk, Axel
Optics
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Assemblies of plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) support hybridized modes of localized surface plasmons (LSPs), which delocalize in geometrically well-ordered arrangements. Here, the hybridization behavior of LSPs in geometrically completely disordered arrangements of Au NPs fabricated by an e-beam synthesis method is studied. Employing electron energy loss spectroscopy in a scanning transmission electron microscope in combination with numerical simulations, the disorder-driven spatial and spectral localization of the coupled LSP modes that depend on the NP thickness is revealed. Below 0.4 nm sample thickness (flat NPs), localization increases towards higher hybridized LSP mode energies. In comparison, above 10 nm thickness, a decrease of localization (an increase of delocalization) with higher mode energies is observed. In the intermediate thickness regime, a transition of the energy dependence of the localization between the two limiting cases, exhibiting a transition mode energy with minimal localization, is observed. This behavior is mainly driven by the energy and thickness dependence of the polarizability of the individual NPs.
title Geometry Dependent Localization of Surface Plasmons on Random Gold Nanoparticle Assemblies
topic Optics
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.10514