Absorption Range and Energy Shift of Surface Plasmon in Au Monomer and Dimer

The resonance behaviors of local surface plasmon resonance in Au monomer and dimer are characterized sys- temically by electron energy loss spectroscopy in a scanning transmission electron microscope. The measured absorption range is about 20nm larger than the physical size of the Au nanoparticles and the resonance peak energy shows a red shift when the electron beam passes off the nanoparticles. The Au dimer displays similar behaviors. Numerical simulation also reproduces those experimental results.

Surface plasmon-enhanced dual-band infrared absorber for VO_x-based microbolometer application

We propose a periodic structure as an extra absorption layer（i.e., absorber） based on surface plasmon resonance effects, enhancing dual-band absorption in both middle wavelength infrared（MWIR） and long wavelength infrared（LWIR）regions. Periodic gold disks are selectively patterned onto the top layer of suspended SiN/VO_2/SiN sandwich-structure.We employ the finite element method to model this structure in COMSOL Multiphysics including a proposed method of modulating the absorption peak. Simulation results show that the absorber has two absorption peaks at wavelengths λ =4.8 μm and λ = 9 μm with the absorption magnitudes more than 0.98 and 0.94 in MWIR and LWIR regions, respectively. In addition, the absorber achieves broad spectrum absorption in LWIR region, in the meanwhile, tunable dual-band absorption peaks can be achieved by variable heights of cavity as well as diameters and periodicity of disk. Thus, this designed absorber can be a good candidate for enhancing the performance of dual band uncooled infrared detector, furthermore, the manufacturing process of cavity can be easily simplified so that the reliability of such devices can be improved.

Tunable surface-plasmon-resonance wavelength of silver island films

This paper experimentally and theoretically investigates the effect of the underlayer medium on tuning of the surface plasmon resonance （SPR） wavelength of silver island films, and the effect of substrate temperature on the morphologies and optical properties of the films. From the absorption spectra of single Ag with various thickness and overcoated （Ag/TiO2） films deposited on glass substrates at various substrate temperatures by RF magnetron sputtering, we demonstrate that the surface plasmon resonance wavelength can be made tunable by changing the underlayer medium, the thickness of metal layer and the substrate temperature. By varying substrate temperatures, the interparticle coupling effects on plasmon resonances of nanosilver particles enhance as the spacing between the particles reduces. When the substrate temperature is up to 500 ℃, the absorption peak decreases sharply and shifts to shorter wavelength side due to the severe coalescence between silver islands in the film.

Design and fabrication of structural color by local surface plasmonic meta-molecules

In this paper, we propose a new form of nanostructures with Al film deposited on a patterned dielectric material for generating structural color, which is induced by local surface plasmonic resonant(LSPR) absorption in sub-wavelengthindented hole/ring arrays. Unlike other reported results obtained by using focus ion beam(FIB) to create metallic nanostructures, the nano-sized hole/ring arrays in Al film in this work are replicated by high resolution electron beam lithography(EBL) combined with self-aligned metallization. Clear structural color is observed and systematically studied by numerical simulations as well as optical characterizations. The central color is strongly related to the geometric size, which provides us with good opportunities to dye the colorless Al surface by controlling the hole/ring dimensions(both diameter and radius), and to open up broad applications in display, jewelry decoration, green production of packing papers, security code,and counterfeits prevention.

Optical Nonlinearity of Surface Plasmon Resonance Emission from Au Colloidal Nanoparticles

Suspended gold nanoparticles have been synthesized via electrochemical method.Fluorescence excitation and emission spectra were obtained using a spectrofluorophotometer.With varying the excitation wavelength,an emission peak fixed at 485 nm has always been observed.We believe that this peak is attributed to the surface plasmon resonance.When the detection wavelength was fixed at 485 nm (0.619×10 15 Hz),a double frequency exciting peak at 242 nm(2×0.619×10 15 Hz), a 3/2 fraction frequency exciting peak at 330 nm (about 3/2×0.619×10 15 Hz)and a 3/4 fraction frequency exciting peak at 640 nm(3/4×0.619×10 15 Hz)display.The nonlinear exciting peak at 640 nm corresponds to the two-photon absorption.Therefore,as the excitation wavelength is at 320 and 640 nm respectively,single-photon and two-photon absorption induced surface plasmon resonance emission peaks were observed. These nonlinear surface plasmon resonance emission characters of Au colloidal nanoparticles make it possible to enhance the sensitivity of conventional surface plasmon resonance device.

Self-Supporting Nanoporous Copper Film with High Porosity and Broadband Light Absorption for Efficient Solar Steam Generation

Solar steam generation(SSG)is a potential technology for freshwater production,which is expected to address the global water shortage problem.Some noble metals with good photothermal conversion performance have received wide concerns in SSG,while high cost limits their practical applications for water purification.Herein,a self-supporting nanoporous copper(NP-Cu)film was fabricated by one-step dealloying of a specially designed Al_(98)Cu_(2)precursor with a dilute solid solution structure.In-situ and ex-situ characterizations were performed to reveal the phase and microstructure evolutions during dealloying.The NP-Cu film shows a unique three-dimensional bicontinuous ligament-channel structure with high porosity(94.8%),multi scale-channels and nanoscale ligaments(24.2±4.4nm),leading to its strong broadband absorption over the 200–2500 nm wavelength More importantly,the NP-Cu film exhibits excellent SSG performance with high evaporation rate,superior efficiency and good stability.The strong desalination ability of NP-Cu also manifests its potential applications in seawater desalination.The related mechanism has been rationalized based upon the nanoporous network,localized surface plasmon resonance effect and hydrophilicity.

Enhanced light absorption of silicon in the near-infrared band by designed gold nanostructures

A scheme to enhance near-infrared band absorption of a Si nanoparticle by placing the Si nanoparticle into a designed gold nanostructure is proposed. Three-dimensional （3D） finite-difference time-domain simulations are employed to calcu- late the absorption spectrum of the Si nanostructure and maximize it by generating alternate designs. The results show that in the near-infrared region over 700 nm, the absorption of a pure Si nanoparticle is very low, but when the same nanoparticle is placed within an optimally designed gold nanostructure, its absorption cross section can be enhanced by more than two orders of magnitude in the near-infrared band.

Electrochemical Synthesis and Absorption Properties of Gold Nanorods

Suspended gold nanorods have been synthesized via an electrochemical method.The absorption spectrum features show two peaks at 520nm and 650nm,which result from the transverse and longitudinal surface plasmon resonance.The spectra at different growth stages indicate that the absorption peaks split and shift after electrolysis,which correspond to the anisotropy growth of nanorods.The quasi-static calculation results indicate that with increasing the mean aspect ratio of the nanorods,the longer wavelength absorption peak decreases and red shifts obviously,whereas the shorter wavelength absorption peak blue shifts slightly.

Analysis of Resonance Absorption in Multilayered Thin-Film Bi-Grating

The resonance absorption of a multilayered bi-grating which consists of thin-film corrugated periodically in two directions is investigated. The absorption in a multilayered thin-film bi-grating has been of considerable interest since we can expect more complex behaviors in the absorption phenomen by virtue of the presence of double periodicity and multilayer structure. In solving the problem, we employed a computational technique based on modal expansion. Taking a sandwiched structure /Ag/SiO2/Ag/ for an example, we observed: 1) excitation of a single-interface surface plasmon mode at the lit surface of the 1st Ag layer with strong field enhancement for thick enough Ag layer case;2) excitation of coupled short-range or long-range surface plasmon modes at each surface between vacuum and Ag layers with strong field enhancements for thin enough Ag layer cases no matter with the thickness of SiO2 layers;3) enhancements of field at surfaces between Ag and SiO2 layers in some cases related with the thickness of SiO2 layers. The coupled plasmon modes were resulted by the resonance waves on four surfaces in these cases.

Ultra-High Specific Absorption of Metallic Binary-Groove Gratings

A metallic binary-groove gratings, which can be exploited to absorb light at C-band and sense materials with refractive index (1.0 - 1.2), is proposed and investigated numerically. Both ultra-high absorption (99.937%) and sensitivity (1600 nm/RIU) are achieved.

基于SPASER机制的偏心金壳纳米天线的多波长散射特性（英文）

基于表面等离激元受激辐射放大(SPASER)机制,提出了一种硅-金-硅三层核壳偏心纳米天线,并利用有限元法分析了其多波长散射特性.结果表明:在SPASER机制下,该纳米天线产生极大的散射光强度,且工作波长的数目随着硅核偏心率的增加而增加;当硅核的偏心率为9nm时,该纳米天线有4个共振峰,分别位于615nm、656nm、724nm、847nm,其对应的散射强度比非SPASER机制的纳米天线的散射强度高104倍;该纳米天线的散射波长还可以通过改变入射光的偏振角调节.基于SPASER机制的纳米天线对于设计多波长纳米激光器具有指导意义.

具有尖锐吸收截面和显著增强电场的等离激元-光子混合谐振腔

研究了由二维光子晶体微腔和金纳米天线组成的等离激元-光子混合谐振腔中光学谐振腔对等离激元谐振腔的额外贡献。研究结果表明:与纯等离激元谐振腔相比,混合体系的吸收截面和电场强度均明显增强。特别地,混合谐振腔的吸收截面谱呈现出类Fano线形和尖峰,可以通过改变金纳米天线的数量或金纳米天线与光子晶体微腔之间的共振波长失谐进行调制。此外,混合谐振腔的电场增强因子比金纳米天线高出3个数量级。可为光热探测和光谱增强研究提供新的平台。

等离激元银金属膜耦合氮化硅纳米空腔在可见光-近红外区间的多谱带完美吸收和传感性质的仿真研究

具有多谱带完美吸收效应的超构材料在光学滤波和折射率传感等多种应用中是理想的材料。提出了一种由银金属上的氮化硅介电纳米空腔阵列组成的多谱带窄带完美吸收超构材料。有限元仿真给出了四个最高可达99.9%的吸收峰,以及最小达到0.74 nm的吸收峰宽。这些吸收谱带来自于表面晶格模式和三个表面等离激元极化子模式。此外,这些模式的谱峰对超构材料几何外形和环境介质光学参数的变化敏感,从而在可见光-近红外范围内可以被调控。用于折射率传感时,其具有347 nm每折射率单位的灵敏度,Figure of Merit达到469。这些特性令这一材料适用于光学滤波器和折射率传感器等用途。

Size dependent optical properties of LaB_6 nanoparticles enhanced by localized surface plasmon resonance

Lanthanum hexaboride nanopartieles, with high emission electrons in cathode materials and peculiar blocking near infrared wavelengths, were applied for many aspects. Based on the quasi-static approximation of Mie theory, the size dependent optical prop- erties of LaB6 nanoparticles were researched, such as refractive index n（ω）, extinction coefficient k（ω）, reflectivity R（ω）, absorption coefficient a（ω）, and electron energy loss L（ω）. Due to the localized surface plasmon resonance （LSPR）, the extinction coefficient k（ω） and absorption coefficient a（ω） depended on the size, and the LSPR peaks red-shifted with sizes increased, which was different from that of bulk materials. In addition, electron energy-loss spectrum L（co） showed electrons oscillation reinforced, since electrons absorbed the photon energy and generated resonance. Further, reftectivity R（ω） and refractive index n（ω） indicated that the light in near infrared region could not be propagated on the surface of LaB6 materials, which exhibited metallic behaviors. So the resonance peak of LaB6 nanoparticle was located in near-infrared region, making use of this property for solar control glazing and heat-shielding application.

Effects of High Pressure on the Surface Plasmon Resonance of Copper and Silver Nanocrystals

We used a diamond anvil cell(DAC)to control the deformation of synthesized copper nanorods and silver nanoparticles.And we measured the surface plasmon resonance of copper nanorods and silver nanoparticles,which exhibit redshifts or blueshifts.The surface plasmon resonance shows an abnormal blue shift for both copper nanorods and silver nanoparticles.The solvents of copper nanorods and silver nanoparticles are n-hexane and water,where the pressure loads include quasi-hydrostatic and non-hydrostatic.

Ag纳米颗粒的光吸收和透射电镜研究

用硼氢化钠作还原剂,制备出两种相对稳定的含银纳米颗粒的水溶胶,用透射电镜(TEM)和光学吸收谱对这些颗粒进行了表征.当被还原的银离子较少时,所形成的银纳米颗粒较小,吸收峰呈现二极等离子体共振吸收峰.当被还原的银离子较多时,银纳米颗粒尺寸变大,并出现二极和四极共振吸收峰.在Ag纳米颗粒形成后,对其溶液稀释,发现其峰形保持不变,而峰位会出现红移,最大红移量可达到10 nm.透射电镜研究表明,低浓度溶胶中的Ag纳米颗粒尺寸较为均匀,平均直径12 nm.高浓度溶胶中的纳米颗粒尺寸呈双尺寸分布特点,少量颗粒直径小于14 nm,大部分颗粒直径大于20 nm.

含光学非线性介质薄膜对表面等离子波的影响

表面等离子体是在金属和电介质交界面上所形成的电荷层,在电磁波的激励下表面等离子体会发生共振现象,影响电磁波的传播。为了拓宽表面等离子体共振技术的应用,研究了多层纳米膜结构中的表面等离子体共振,并且根据Fresnel公式和Walpita描述的矩阵方法,计算了光在含有非线性介质的多层纳米膜中传播时的反射率R,其中非线性介质具有光克尔效应和双光子吸收。应用Matlab软件,画出了反射系数R和入射角θ之间的关系曲线。进一步讨论了光学非线性对表面等离子体共振角谱的影响,其中光强在0.5×1012W/m2到1.5×1012W/m2的范围内,Rmin随着入射光强的增加而变大,而θp随入射光强的增加而呈递减的趋势。

矩形块微纳结构材料在红外波段的偏振光吸收

研究了矩形块微纳结构吸收材料在中远红外波段的光学偏振吸收特性。该吸收材料由金属阵列-电介质层-金属膜组成,在2.0μm^5.0μm波长具有双波长谐振吸收效应,其理论吸收率大于80%。模拟计算和实验测试表明,该吸收材料的短波吸收峰值与矩形块长轴方向入射偏振光的3阶谐振响应对应,而长波吸收峰值与短轴方向基模谐振响应对应。实验制备了矩形阵列光吸收器并测试了它的的光学特性,结果表明:该吸收器结构在两个偏振方向的等效磁导率系数满足Lorentz模型,等效磁导率谱线虚部峰值波长与吸收谐振波长相对应,表明这种吸收材料的偏振吸收与入射电磁波的磁谐振响应有关。研究结果揭示了微纳结构吸收器的双波长频谱吸收机理,有助于实现特定波长生物传感器及光电探测器的设计。

金纳米薄膜的荧光光谱特性

采用电化学方法制备了胶体金纳米球状颗粒 ,并利用自组装方法在石英玻璃衬底上镀制了金纳米薄膜。在室温下测得其紫外 可见吸收光谱和荧光发射光谱。在吸收光谱中观察到两个吸收峰 ,其中 6 10nm处的吸收峰来源于凝聚金纳米颗粒纵向的表面等离子体共振。在荧光发射光谱中也观察到与纵向表面等离子体共振有关的长波段的发射峰。增加激励光强度或增加薄膜中金粒子数密度都将导致新荧光发射峰的产生 ,这表明金纳米薄膜中存在循环多重散射 ,并由此引发了荧光发射峰数目和强度的变化。

多谐振U形缝隙纳米天线设计及吸收特性

太阳能收集是解决无线传感器网络能量受限的有效手段。针对传统采用光伏电池收集太阳能的方法易受环境与光照时间限制、吸收波段窄等问题,提出了一种耦合对称U形缝隙的多谐振纳米天线阵列用于太阳能收集。该天线的单元结构是在银介质基板上刻蚀4个对称的U形缝隙,U形缝隙附近产生的表面等离激元相互耦合,使其在宽波段内产生多个谐振点,从而提高宽波段的平均吸收率。利用时域有限差分方法分析了多谐振U形缝隙纳米天线阵列的吸收特性。仿真结果表明,天线阵列在400~870nm,960~1 100nm两个波段内吸收率较高,并出现多个吸收峰,吸收峰值最大可以达到99%。