Correlation between Near-Field Enhancement and Dephasing Time in Plasmonic Dimers

Yaolong Li, Quan Sun, Shuai Zu, Xu Shi, Yunquan Liu, Xiaoyong Hu, Kosei Ueno, Qihuang Gong, and Hiroaki Misawa
Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 163901 – Published 24 April 2020
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Abstract

Near-field enhancement and dephasing time play critical roles in several applications of localized surface plasmon resonance. Here, using an example gold dimer system, we reveal the correlation between the near-field enhancement and dephasing time via time-resolved photoemission electron microscopy. Compared with isolated particles, dimers with small gap sizes show stronger near-field enhancement and shorter dephasing times. These results are well reproduced by numerical simulations and further explained by a coupled dipole approximation model. The roles of near- and far-field coupling and plasmon localization in balancing near-field enhancement and dephasing time are also unveiled.

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  • Received 7 October 2019
  • Accepted 26 March 2020

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.163901

© 2020 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied PhysicsAtomic, Molecular & OpticalParticles & FieldsInterdisciplinary Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Yaolong Li1,2,*, Quan Sun2,3,*, Shuai Zu2, Xu Shi2, Yunquan Liu1,4, Xiaoyong Hu1,4, Kosei Ueno2,§, Qihuang Gong1,4,†, and Hiroaki Misawa2,5,‡

  • 1State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • 2Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
  • 3College of Electronic Science & Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
  • 4Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, China
  • 5Center for Emergent Functional Matter Science, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan

  • *These authors contributed equally to this work.
  • Corresponding author. qhgong@pku.edu.cn
  • Corresponding author. misawa@es.hokudai.ac.jp
  • §Present address: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.

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Vol. 124, Iss. 16 — 24 April 2020

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