Beyond the Hybridization Effects in Plasmonic Nanoclusters: Diffraction‐Induced Enhanced Absorption and Scattering
- 3 September 2013
- Vol. 10 (3), 576-583
- https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201301419
Abstract
It is demonstrated hererin both theoretically and experimentally that Young's interference can be observed in plasmonic structures when two or three nanoparticles with separation on the order of the wavelength are illuminated simultaneously by a plane wave. This effect leads to the formation of intermediate‐field hybridized modes with a character distinct of those mediated by near‐field and/or far‐field radiative effects. The physical mechanism for the enhancement of absorption and scattering of light due to plasmonic Young's interference is revealed, which we explain through a redistribution of the Poynting vector field and the formation of near‐field subwavelength optical vortices.This publication has 59 references indexed in Scilit:
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