Photons coupled into a metallic nanoantenna excite resonant plasmons, which decay into energetic, hot electrons injected over a potential barrier at the. This extended response, combined with its natural abundance, low cost, and amenability to manufacturing processes, makes aluminum a highly promising material for commercial applications. Hongxing xu, peter nordlander, naomi halas and hong zhang. Nordlander was one of three recipients of the willis e. Pdf aluminum for plasmonics peter nordlander academia. Halas and peter nordlander, aluminum for plasmonics, demonstrates that the color of. Stec, adam lauchner, yao cui, peter nordlander, and naomi j. Peter nordlander has made several pioneering theoretical contributions to the field of plasmonics. The nm with a geometry r 1, r 2, r 3 consists of an.
Osa quantum effects and nonlocality in strongly coupled. For more information, click on the links in the sidebar. Peter nordlanders research works rice university, tx and. The average ag shell thickness can be determined from the measured absorption peak. Mar 21, 2012 plasmonics is an exciting new device at the nanoscale, the technology that has recentlyelectromagnetic em field of the em emerged. Active quantum plasmonics dana codruta marinica,1 mario zapata,1,2,3 peter nordlander,4 andrey k. The book is a collection of the contemporary researches and developments in the area of plasmonics technology. Electronic structure and polarizability of metallic nanoshells.
Scientific american magazine march 18, 2007 the promise. Lamb award in 20, for pioneering theoretical contributions in the field of plasmonics alongside shaul mukame and susanne yelin. Molecular tuning of quantum plasmon resonances science. View the article pdf and any associated supplements and. Schlather, alejandro manjavacas, yao cui, michael j.
Originally a subfield of condensedmatter physics, the past decade has seen tremendous growth of plasmonics as an interdisciplinary field spanning chemistry, materials science, and biology. Plasmonic hot carrier dynamics in solidstate and chemical systems. Metallic nanoparticles exhibit plasmon resonances, which are collective, coherent oscillations of their conduction electrons that can couple very efficiently to light. Using a fully quantum mechanical approach we study the optical response of a strongly coupled metallic nanowire dimer for variable separation widths of the junction between the nanowires. Plasmonics is the study of the interaction of light and metal under precise circumstances. Theoretical plasmonics and nanophotonics at rice university. Supplementary information bridging quantum and classical plasmonics using a quantumcorrected model ruben esteban 1, andrei g. Photodetection with active optical antennas science. The promise of plasmonics a technology that squeezes electromagnetic waves into minuscule structures may yield a new generation of superfast computer chips and ultrasensitive molecular detectors by harry a. His theory of plasmon hybridization has laid the foundation for a rigorous yet intuitive understanding of how plasmons on adjacent nanostructures interact and hybridize to form collective modes. Complex photonics international school of physics enrico fermi.
Prof peter nordlander wiess chair of natural sciences, professor of physics and astronomy, rice university, usa. Thus, along with twodimensional structures, metal nanoparticle plasmonics can benefit from the reversibility, fast response time, and versatility of an active control strategy based on applied bias. Publications nordlander nanophotonics group rice university. Graphene supports surface plasmons that have been observed to be both electrically and geometrically tunable in the midto farinfrared spectral regions. Duplicating plasmonic hotspots by matched nanoantenna pairs for remote nanogap enhanced spectroscopy.
The ones marked may be different from the article in the profile. Charge transfer plasmons ctp when nanoparticles near each other, a ctp appears. Scientific american magazine march 18, 2007 the promise of. Supplementary information bridging quantum and classical. A hybridization model for the plasmon response of complex nanostructures. We experimentally demonstrate the existence of molecular plasmon. Plasmonics is thought to embody the strongest points of both optical and electronic data transfer, allowing the fast transmission of information over very small wires. The ability of localized surface plasmons to squeeze light and engineer nanoscale electromagnetic fields through electronphoton coupling at dimensions below the wavelength has turned plasmonics into a driving tool in a variety of technological applications, targeting novel and more efficient optoelectronic processes. Calculated nanodisk spectra using these composite alal 2o 3 dielectric functions for the core metal and 3 nm of pure al. View the article pdf and any associated supplements and figures for a period of 48 hours. Figure 1 illustrates the idea underlying the qcm for the case of two metallic spheres of radius r surrounded by vacuum with permitivity 0. We apply the recently developed plasmon hybridization method to nanoparticle dimers, providing a simple and intuitive description of how the energy and excitation cross sections of dimer plasmons depend on nanoparticle separation.
Mar 23, 2012 auag coreshell nanoparticles are fabricated by laserablating ag plates in au colloid solution. A plethora of plasmonics from the laboratory for nanophotonics at rice university. They have much shorter wavelengths than light and are able to propagate electronic signals. Quantum calculations show a ctp for d peter nordlander marcia omalley krishna palem matteo pasquali george phillips alberto pimpinelli han pu rob raphael name biophysics, biochemistry condensed matter physics plasmonics nano, advanced materials nanoscience, nanotechnology amo, chemical physics applications, emerging technologies. The proposed electrical manipulation of light using quantum plasmonics establishes a new platform for many practical applications in optoelectronics. Over the last two decades, the investigation of strong lightmatter interactions in the growing field of plasmonics has created much excitement about new abilities to detect and recognize small. Adam lauchner applied physics molecular plasmonics. A plasmonic fano switch nano letters acs publications. The field of plasmonics and metamaterials has attracted a great deal of. When this structure is incorporated into an uniquely. Peter nordlanders 347 research works with 38,981 citations and 25,735 reads, including.
A major goal of our research program is to produce phd research scientists with significantly expanded skill sets and expertise who can develop new solutions to research and engineering problems beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries. It consists of 21 chapters that focus on interesting topics of modeling and computational. Past achievements and future challenges in the development of threedimensional photonic metamaterials. Molecular excitations are a ubiquity in nature and. Principles and applications, encompasses theory, technical issues, and practical applications which are of interest for diverse classes of the plasmonics. The study of surface plasmon in auag coreshell compound.
Bridging quantum and classical plasmonics with a quantum. Graphene plasmons in the picoscale domain with andrea e. Here we present a quantum mechanical investigation of the plasmon resonances in a. Gold, plasmonics, plasmons, imaging systems, microscopy, near field scanning optical microscopy, near. Peter nordlander s 347 research works with 38,981 citations and 25,735 reads, including. In this context, the development of active control of plasmon excitations is. Introduced by peter nordlanders group as an electromagnetic analog of the molecular orbital hybridization theory 38, 39, the method of. Plasmonic clusters can support fano resonances, where the line shape characteristics are controlled by cluster geometry. Plasmon hybridization in nanoparticle dimers nano letters.
Laboratory for nanophotonics, rice university, houston tx 77005, usa. We show that these two distinct, independent functions can be combined into the same structure. Gold, metamaterials, plasmonics, nanostructures, lithium, atomic force microscopy, near field, near field optics, current controlled current source. Peter nordlanders research works rice university, tx. Nanoantennas are key optical components for light harvesting. Peter nordlander professor of physics, rice university verified email at rice. Teperik, 1 peter nordlander, 2 javier aizpurua, 3, 4, and andrei g. Plasmon resonances with their dramatically enhanced cross sections for light harvesting have found numerous applications in. Mar 28, 2014 metallic nanoparticles exhibit plasmon resonances, which are collective, coherent oscillations of their conduction electrons that can couple very efficiently to light. Here we show that clusters with a hemicircular central disk surrounded by a circular ring of closely spaced, coupled nanodisks yield fanolike and nonfanolike spectra for orthogonal incident polarization orientations. We investigate optical properties of metallic and semiconductor nanostructures, plasmonic, excitonic, and hybrid systems. Quantum plasmonics and hot carrier induced processes abstract 4 rice university.
The ability of localized surface plasmons to squeeze light and. A possible way out is the conversion of light into plasmons. Nordlander, naomi halas, and tony heinz won the 2014 frank isakson prize for optical effects in solids awarded by the american physical society. His theory of plasmon hybridization has laid the foundation for a rigorous yet intuitive understanding of how plasmons on adjacent nanostructures interact and. Research details aluminums valuable plasmonic properties. Mie theory calculations show that the shift is caused by the increase of the ag shell thickness. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. The wavelength can be reduced by more than a factor of 10 relative to its.
We show that the dimer plasmons can be viewed as bonding and antibonding combinations, i. Pdf plasmon hybridization in nanoparticle dimers peter. Atwater light is a wonderful medium for carrying information. It exploits the uniquewave displays the electron cloud due optical properties of metallicto its well coupling, which is not nanostructures to enable routingpossible in the case of bulk matter. Figure 1 illustrates the idea underlying the qcm for the case of two metallic spheres of radius r surrounded by vacuum with permitivity 0 and separated by a distance d. Plasmonics can thus generate signals in the soft xray range of wavelengths between 10 and 100 nanometers by exciting materials with visible light. Lab probes molecular limit of plasmonics 2018, september 5 retrieved 1 may 2020. Borisov1 the ability of localized surface plasmons to squeeze light and engineer nanoscale electromagnetic fields through. The translational invariance of the system allows to apply the timedependent density functional theory tddft for nanowires of diameters up to 10 nm which is the largest size considered so far in quantum. Multicolor electrochromic devices based on molecular plasmonics. Peter nordlander rice university friday, february 3rd, 2017 3. Auag coreshell nanoparticles are fabricated by laserablating ag plates in au colloid solution. The absorption band is found to blue shift with increasing ablation time.
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