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High-Resolution Mapping of Electron-Beam-Excited Plasmon Modes in Lithographically Defined Gold Nanostructures
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High-Resolution Mapping of Electron-Beam-Excited Plasmon Modes in Lithographically Defined Gold Nanostructures

Ai Leen Koh, Antonio I. Fernandez-Dominguez, David W. McComb, Stefan A. Maier and Joel K. W. Yang
Nano letters, Vol.11(3), pp.1323-1330
09/03/2011
PMID: 21344928

Abstract

Chemistry Chemistry, Multidisciplinary Chemistry, Physical Materials Science Materials Science, Multidisciplinary Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Physical Sciences Physics Physics, Applied Physics, Condensed Matter Science & Technology Science & Technology - Other Topics Technology
We demonstrate the use of high-resolution electron beam lithography to fabricate complex nanocavities with nanometric spatial and positional control. The plasmon modes of these nanostructures are then mapped using electron energy-loss spectroscopy in a scanning transmission electron microsope. This powerful combination of patterning and plasmon mapping provides direct experimental verification to theoretical predictions of plasmon hybridization theory in complex metal nanostructures and allows the determination of the full mode spectrum of such cavities.

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