Optical spectroscopy of conductive junctions in plasmonic cavities.
The optical properties of a nanoparticle dimer bridged by a conductive junction depend strongly on the junction conductivity. As the conductivity increases, the bonding dimer plasmon blueshifts and broadens. For large conductance, a low energy charge transfer plasmon also appears in the spectra with a line width that decreases with increasing conductance. A simple physical model for the understanding of the spectral feature is presented. Our finding of a strong influence of junction conductivity on the optical spectrum suggests that plasmonic cavities might serve as probes of molecular conductance at elevated frequencies not accessible through electrical measurements.
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Donostia International Physics Center and Centro de Física de Materiales, Centro Mixto CSIC-UPV/EHU, Paseo Manuel Lardizabal 4, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain.
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Borisov
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Halas
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Nordlander
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Aizpurua
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