Subradiant, superradiant and Fano resonances in dimer and ring/disk nanocavities

Subradiant and superradiant plasmon modes in ring/disk nanocavities and dialers are investigated theoretically and experimentally. The subradiance is obtained through an overall reduction of the total dipole moment of the hybridized mode due to antisymmetric coupling of the dipole moments of the parent plasmons. We observe the appearance of Fano resonances in the optical response of plasmonic nanocavities due to the coherent coupling between their superradiant and subradiant plasmon modes due to structural symmetry breaking. Both subradiant modes and Fano resonances exhibit substantial reductions in linewidth compared to the parent plasmon resonances, opening up possibilities in optical and near IR sensing via plasmon lineshape design. Four reduced-symmetry nanostructures Studied via Plasmon Hybridization and FDTD (Finite Difference Time Domain), a dolmen-style slab arrangement, a ring/disk dimer, a ring/disk cavity and a colloid dimer, clearly exhibit the strong polarization and geometry dependence expected for this behavior at the individual nanostructure level, confirmed by experimental result in each case, multiple Fano resonances occur as structure size is increased.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Engineering

Grantor

Rice University

Year dc:date.issued

2010

Author dc:creator

• Sobhani Khakestar, Heidar

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Nordlander, Peter J.

• Optics
• Theoretical physics
• Physics
• Radiation

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• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1911/62023

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.rice.edu:1911/62023