Optical interactions in a plasmonic particle coupled to a metallic film

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Optical interactions in a plasmonic particle coupled to a metallic film

Gäetan Lévêque and Olivier J. F. Martin »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 14, Issue 21, pp. 9971-9981 (2006)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.14.009971

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The interplay between localized surface plasmon (LSP) and surface plasmon-polariton (SPP) is studied in detail in a system composed of a three-dimensional gold particle located at a short distance from a gold thin film. Important frequency shifts of the LSP associated with the particle are observed for spacing distances between 0 and 50 nm. Beyond this distance the LSP and SPP resonances overlap, although some cavity effects between the particle and the film can still be observed. In particular, when the spacing increases the field in the cavity decreases more slowly than one would expect from a simple image dipole interpretation. For short separations the coupling between the particle and the film can produce a dramatic enhancement of the electromagnetic field in the space between them, where the electric field intensity can reach 5000 times that of the illumination field. Several movies show the spectral and time evolutions of the field distribution in the system both in and out of resonance. The character of the different modes excited in the system is studied. They include dipolar and quadrupolar modes, the latter exhibiting essentially a magnetic response.

OCIS Codes
(130.3120) Integrated optics : Integrated optics devices
(240.6680) Optics at surfaces : Surface plasmons
(260.3910) Physical optics : Metal optics

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Optics at Surfaces

History
Original Manuscript: August 7, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: October 3, 2006
Published: October 16, 2006

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Gäetan Lévêque and Olivier J. F. Martin, "Optical interactions in a plasmonic particle coupled to a metallic film," Opt. Express 14, 9971-9981 (2006)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-14-21-9971

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Charbonneau, R.
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Dereux, A.
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Ebbesen, T.
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Girard, C.
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Grafstrom, S.
Hall, D. G.
Holland, W. R.
Hvam, J. M.
Johnson, P. B.
Kneipp, H.
Kneipp, K.
Kottmann, J. P.
Lacroute, Y.
Lahoud, N.
Leosson, K.
Linden, S.
Martin, O. J. F.
Mattiussi, G.
Paulus, M.
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Rasmussen, A.
Schatz, G. C.
Schultz, S.
Seidel, J.
Skovgaard, P. M.W.
Smith, D. R.
Sondergaard, T.
Soukoulis, C. M.
Stair, P. C.
Van Duyne, R. P.
Volkov, V. S.
Weeber, J.-C.
Wegener, M.
Whitney, A. V.
Zinovev, A. V.
Zou, S. L.

App. Phys. Lett.

J.-C. Weeber, M. U. González, A.-L. Baudrion, and A. Dereux, "Surface plasmon routing along right angle bent metal strips," App. Phys. Lett. 87, 221101 (2005). [CrossRef]

Astrophys. J.

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Can. J. Anal. Sci. Spectrosc.

K. Kneipp, and H. Kneipp, "Surface enhanced Raman scattering - A tool for ultrasensitive trace analysis," Can. J. Anal. Sci. Spectrosc. 48, 125-131 (2003).

IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat.

J. P. Kottmann, and O. J. F. Martin, "Accurate Solution of the Volume Integral Equation for High-Permittivity Scatterers," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat. 48, 1719 (2000). [CrossRef]

J. Appl. Phys.

P. Berini, R. Charbonneau, N. Lahoud, and G. Mattiussi, "Characterization of long-range surface-plasmonpolariton waveguides," J. Appl. Phys. 98, 043109 (2005). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A

M. Paulus, and O. J. F. Martin, "Light propagation and scattering in stratified media: a Green’s tensor approach," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 18, 854 (2001). [CrossRef]

J. Phys. Chem. B

A. V. Whitney, J. W. Elam, S. L. Zou, A. V. Zinovev, P. C. Stair, G. C. Schatz, and R. P. Van Duyne, "Localized surface plasmon resonance nanosensor: A high-resolution distance-dependence study using atomic layer deposition," J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 20522-20528 (2005). [CrossRef]

J. Raman Spectrosc.

A. Rasmussen, and V. Deckert, "Surface- and tip-enhanced Raman scattering of DNA components," J. Raman Spectrosc. 37, 311-317 (2006). [CrossRef]

Nature

W. L. Barnes, A. Dereux, and T. W. Ebbesen, "Surface plasmon subwavelength optics," Nature 424, 824 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Opt. Express

Phys. Rev. B

J.-C. Weeber, Y. Lacroute, A. Dereux, E. Devaux, T. Ebbesen, C. Girard, M. U. Gonz´alez, and A.-L. Baudrion, "Near-field characterization of Bragg mirrors engraved in surface plasmon waveguides," Phys. Rev. B 70, 235406 (2004). [CrossRef]
J. P. Kottmann, O. J. F. Martin, D. R. Smith, and S. Schultz, "Plasmon resonances of silver nanowires with a nonregular cross section," Phys. Rev. B 64, 235402 (2001). [CrossRef]
P. B. Johnson and R. W. Christy, "Optical constants of the noble metals," Phys. Rev. B 6, 4370 (1972). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

W. R. Holland, and D. G. Hall, "Frequency Shifts of an Electric-Dipole Resonance near a Conducting Surface," Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 1041 (1984). [CrossRef]
S. I. Bozhevolnyi, J. Erland, K. Leosson, P. M.W. Skovgaard, and J. M. Hvam, "Waveguiding in surface plasmon polariton band gap structures," Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 3008 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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Science

G. Dolling, C. Enkrich, M. Wegener, C. M. Soukoulis, and S. Linden, "Simultaneous Negative Phase and Group Velocity of Light in a Metamaterial," Science 312, 892-894 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

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[1] K. Kneipp, and H. Kneipp, "Surface enhanced Raman scattering - A tool for ultrasensitive trace analysis," Can. J. Anal. Sci. Spectrosc. 48, 125-131 (2003).

[2] A. Rasmussen, and V. Deckert, "Surface- and tip-enhanced Raman scattering of DNA components," J. Raman Spectrosc. 37, 311-317 (2006). [CrossRef]

[3] A. V. Whitney, J. W. Elam, S. L. Zou, A. V. Zinovev, P. C. Stair, G. C. Schatz, and R. P. Van Duyne, "Localized surface plasmon resonance nanosensor: A high-resolution distance-dependence study using atomic layer deposition," J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 20522-20528 (2005). [CrossRef]

[4] J. Seidel, S. Grafstrom, and L. Eng, "Stimulated emission of surface plasmons at the interface between a silver film and an optically pumped dye solution," Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 1774012005. [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[5] P. Berini, R. Charbonneau, N. Lahoud, and G. Mattiussi, "Characterization of long-range surface-plasmonpolariton waveguides," J. Appl. Phys. 98, 043109 (2005). [CrossRef]

[6] J. P. Kottmann, O. J. F. Martin, D. R. Smith, and S. Schultz, "Plasmon resonances of silver nanowires with a nonregular cross section," Phys. Rev. B 64, 235402 (2001). [CrossRef]

[7] S. I. Bozhevolnyi, J. Erland, K. Leosson, P. M.W. Skovgaard, and J. M. Hvam, "Waveguiding in surface plasmon polariton band gap structures," Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 3008 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[8] I. P. Radko, T. Sondergaard, S. I. Bozhevolnyi, "Adiabatic bends in surface plasmon polariton band gap structures," Opt. Express 14, 4107 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[9] J.-C. Weeber, Y. Lacroute, A. Dereux, E. Devaux, T. Ebbesen, C. Girard, M. U. Gonz´alez, and A.-L. Baudrion, "Near-field characterization of Bragg mirrors engraved in surface plasmon waveguides," Phys. Rev. B 70, 235406 (2004). [CrossRef]

[10] J.-C. Weeber, M. U. González, A.-L. Baudrion, and A. Dereux, "Surface plasmon routing along right angle bent metal strips," App. Phys. Lett. 87, 221101 (2005). [CrossRef]

[11] W. L. Barnes, A. Dereux, and T. W. Ebbesen, "Surface plasmon subwavelength optics," Nature 424, 824 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[12] V. S. Volkov, S. I. Bozhevolnyi, E. S. Devaux, T. W. Ebbesen, "Compact gradual bends for channel plasmon polaritons," Opt. Express 14, 4494-4503 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[13] W. R. Holland, and D. G. Hall, "Frequency Shifts of an Electric-Dipole Resonance near a Conducting Surface," Phys. Rev. Lett. 52, 1041 (1984). [CrossRef]

[14] M. Paulus, and O. J. F. Martin, "Light propagation and scattering in stratified media: a Green’s tensor approach," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 18, 854 (2001). [CrossRef]

[15] J. P. Kottmann, and O. J. F. Martin, "Accurate Solution of the Volume Integral Equation for High-Permittivity Scatterers," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat. 48, 1719 (2000). [CrossRef]

[16] P. B. Johnson and R. W. Christy, "Optical constants of the noble metals," Phys. Rev. B 6, 4370 (1972). [CrossRef]

[17] B. T. Draine, "The discrete dipole approximation and its application to interstellar graphite grains," Astrophys. J. 333, 848 (1988). [CrossRef]

[18] G. Dolling, C. Enkrich, M. Wegener, C. M. Soukoulis, and S. Linden, "Simultaneous Negative Phase and Group Velocity of Light in a Metamaterial," Science 312, 892-894 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

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