Title :
Tunable resonance in flexible plasmonic nanostructures
Author :
Tamma, Venkata Ananth ; Cui, Yonghao ; Zhou, Jianhong ; Park, Wounjhang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr., Comput. & Energy Eng., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate tuning of coupled plasmon resonances caused by stretching PDMS embedded gold nanorod heptamers. The nature of resonance depended on orientation of nanorods within heptamer. We present theoretical analysis to explain observed behaviors.
Keywords :
gold; membranes; nanoparticles; nanorods; optical tuning; plasmonics; polymers; surface plasmon resonance; Au; PDMS; coupled plasmon resonance tuning; flexible plasmonic nanostructures; gold nanorod heptamers; polydimethylsiloxane membrane; Gold; Nanoparticles; Optical polarization; Optical variables measurement; Plasmons; Scanning electron microscopy; Tuning;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6