Dark spots along slowly scaling chains of plasmonic nanoparticles.
Opt Express
; 24(12): 13584-9, 2016 Jun 13.
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ABSTRACT
We numerically investigate the optical response of slowly scaling linear chains of mismatched silver nanoparticles. Hybridized plasmon chain resonances manifest unusual local field distributions around the nanoparticles that result from symmetry breaking of the geometry. Importantly, we find localization patterns characterized by bright hot-spots alternated by what we term dark spots. A dark spot is associated to dark plasmons that have collinear and antiparallel dipole moments along the chain. As a result, the field amplification in the dark interjunction gap is extinguished for incident polarization parallel to the chain axis. Despite the strong plasmonic coupling, the nanoparticles on the sides of this dark gap experience a dramatic asymmetric field amplification with amplitude gain contrast > 2×102. Remarkably, also for polarization orthogonal to the axis, gap hot-spots form on resonance.
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OFTALMOLOGIA
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