Post-fabrication Voltage Controlled Resonance Tuning of Nanoscale Plasmonic Antennas
- 25 June 2012
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in ACS Nano
- Vol. 6 (7), 6301-6307
- https://doi.org/10.1021/nn301742p
Abstract
Voltage controlled wavelength tuning of the localized surface plasmon resonance of gold nanoparticles on an aluminum film is demonstrated in single particle microscopy and spectroscopy measurements. Anodization of the Al film after nanoparticle deposition forms an aluminum oxide spacer layer between the gold particles and the Al film, modifying the particle–substrate interaction. Darkfield microscopy reveals ring-shaped scattering images from individual Au nanoparticles, indicative of plasmon resonances with a dipole moment normal to the substrate. Single particle scattering spectra show narrow plasmon resonances that can be tuned from ∼580 to ∼550 nm as the anodization voltage increases to 12 V. All observed experimental trends could be reproduced in numerical simulations. The presented approach could be used as a general postfabrication resonance optimization step of plasmonic nanoantennas and devices.Keywords
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