Effects of thickness & shape on localized surface plasmon resonance of sexfoil nanoparticles

作     者：Yan Chen Xianchao Liu Weidong Chen Zhengwei Xie Yuerong Huang Ling Li 陈艳;刘贤超;陈卫东;谢征微;黄跃容;李玲

作者机构：College of Physics and Electronic Engineering Sichuan Normal University Chengdu 610101 China State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices School of Optoelectronic Information University of Electronic Science and Technology Chengdu 610054 China 

出 版 物：《Chinese Physics B》 (中国物理B（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第26卷第1期

页      面：508-513页

核心收录：

学科分类：07[理学] 070205[理学-凝聚态物理] 08[工学] 080501[工学-材料物理与化学] 070204[理学-等离子体物理] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 0702[理学-物理学] 

基　　金：supported by the Sichuan Provincial Department of Education,China(Grant No.16ZA0047) the State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology,Yanshan University,China(Grant No.201509) the Large Precision Instruments Open Project Foundation of Sichuan Normal University,China(Grant Nos.DJ201557,DJ201558 and DJ201560) the State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano Fabrication and Micro Engineering,Institute of Optics and Electronics,Chinese Academy of Sciences 

主　　题：sexfoil nanoparticle localized surface plasmon resonance extinction properties LSPR sensors 

摘      要：Localized surface plasmon （LSPR） resonance and sensing properties of a novel nanostructure （sexfoil nanoparticle） are studied using the finite-difference time-domain method. For the sandwich sexfoil nanoparticle, the calculated extinction spectrum shows that with the thickness of the dielectric layer increasing, long-wavelength peaks blueshift, while short- wavelength peaks redshift. Strong near-field coupling of the upper and lower metal layers leads to electric and magnetic field resonances; as the thickness increases, the electric field resonance gradually increases, while the magnetic field resonance decreases. The obtained refractive index sensitivity and figure of merit are 332 nm/RIU and 3.91 RIU^-1, respectively. In order to obtain better sensing ability, we further research the LSPR character of monolayer Ag sexfoil nanoparticle. After a series of trials to optimize the thickness and shape, the refractive index sensitivity approximates 668 nm/RIU, and the greatest figure of merit value comes to 14.8 RIU^-1.