Resonant plasmon nanofocusing by closed tapered gaps

Nano Lett. 2010 Jan;10(1):291-5. doi: 10.1021/nl903563e.

Abstract

We study radiation nanofocusing by closed tapered gaps, i.e. metal V-grooves, under normal illumination, and discover that the local field inside a groove can be resonantly enhanced due to interference of counter-propagating gap plasmons. Considering V-grooves milled in gold, we analyze this phenomenon theoretically, deriving an analytic expression for the resonance condition and predicting more than 550-fold intensity enhancements at resonance, and observe it experimentally with two-photon photoluminescence microscopy, demonstrating more than 100-fold intensity enhancements.

MeSH terms

  • Biosensing Techniques*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Gold / chemistry
  • Light
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry
  • Microscopy / methods
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / methods
  • Models, Statistical
  • Nanoparticles
  • Nanostructures / chemistry
  • Nanotechnology / methods*
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance

Substances

  • Gold