title: Correlated optical measurements and plasmon mapping of silver nanorods.
abstract: Plasmonics is a rapidly growing field, yet imaging of the plasmonic modes in complex nanoscale architectures is extremely challenging. Here we obtain spatial maps of the localized surface plasmon modes of high-aspect-ratio silver nanorods using electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) and correlate to optical data and classical electrodynamics calculations from the exact same particles. EELS mapping is thus demonstrated to be an invaluable technique for elucidating complex and overlapping plasmon modes.
authors: Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States. beth.guiton@uky.edu
authors: Beth S
authors: BS
authors: Guiton
authors: Vighter
authors: V
authors: Iberi
authors: Shuzhou
authors: S
authors: Li
authors: Donovan N
authors: DN
authors: Leonard
authors: Chad M
authors: CM
authors: Parish
authors: Paul G
authors: PG
authors: Kotula
authors: Maria
authors: M
authors: Varela
authors: George C
authors: GC
authors: Schatz
authors: Stephen J
authors: SJ
authors: Pennycook
authors: Jon P
authors: JP
authors: Camden