A Hybridization Model for the Plasmon Response of Complex Nanostructures

Abstract

We present a simple and intuitive picture, an electromagnetic analog of molecular orbital theory, that describes the plasmon response of complex nanostructures of arbitrary shape. Our model can be understood as the interaction or “hybridization” of elementary plasmons supported by nanostructures of elementary geometries. As an example, the approach is applied to the important case of a four-layer concentric nanoshell, where the hybridization of the plasmons of the inner and outer nanoshells determines the resonant frequencies of the multilayer nanostructure.

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NanoshellPlasmonNanostructureSurface plasmonPhysicsConcentricSurface plasmon resonanceNanotechnologyMaterials scienceOptoelectronicsNanoparticleGeometryMathematics

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Rice University US

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Year: 2003
Type: article
Volume: 302
Issue: 5644
Pages: 419-422
Citations: 3882
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                                    Emil Prodan, 
                                
                                    Corey Radloff, 
                                
                                    Naomi J. Halas
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2003). 
                            A Hybridization Model for the Plasmon Response of Complex Nanostructures. 
                            Science
                            , 302
                            (5644)
                            , 419-422.
                            https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1089171
                        

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DOI: 10.1126/science.1089171