Stable Fano-like plasmonic resonance: its impact on the reversal of far-and near-field optical binding force

Even for a 100 nm interparticle distance or a small change in particle shape,optical Fano-like plasmonic resonance mode usually vanishes completely.It would be remarkable if stable Fano-like resonance could somehow be achieved in distinctly shaped nanoparticles for more than 1μm interparticle distance,which corresponds to the far electromagnetic field region.If such far-field Fano-like plasmonic resonance can be achieved,controlling the reversal of the far-field binding force can be attained,like the currently reported reversals for near-field cases.In this work,we have proposed an optical set-up to achieve such a robust and stable Fano-like plasmonic resonance,and comparatively studied its remarkable impact on controlling the reversal of near-and far-field optical binding forces.In our proposed set-up,the distinctly shaped plasmonic tetramers are half immersed(i.e.air-benzene)in an inhomogeneous dielectric interface and illuminated by?circular?polarized light.We have demonstrated significant differences between near-and far-field optical binding forces along with the Lorentz force field,which partially depends on the object’s shape.A clear connection is shown between the far-field binding force and the resonant modes,along with a generic mechanism to achieve controllable Fano-like plasmonic resonance and the reversal of the optical binding force in both far-and near-field configurations.

Stable Fano-like plasmonic resonance: its impact on the reversal of far-and near-field optical binding force

Even for a 100 nm interparticle distance or a small change in particle shape, optical Fano-like plasmonic resonance mode usually vanishes completely. It would be remarkable if stable Fano-like resonance could somehow be achieved in distinctly shaped nanoparticles for more than 1 μm interparticle distance, which corresponds to the far electromagnetic field region. If such far-field Fano-like plasmonic resonance can be achieved, controlling the reversal of the far-field binding force can be attained, like the currently reported reversals for near-field cases. In this work, we have proposed an optical set-up to achieve such a robust and stable Fano-like plasmonic resonance, and comparatively studied its remarkable impact on controlling the reversal of near- and far-field optical binding forces. In our proposed set-up, the distinctly shaped plasmonic tetramers are half immersed (i.e. air–benzene) in an inhomogeneous dielectric interface and illuminated bycircularpolarized light. We have demonstrated significant differences between near- and far-field optical binding forces along with the Lorentz force field, which partially depends on the object’s shape. A clear connection is shown between the far-field binding force and the resonant modes, along with a generic mechanism to achieve controllable Fano-like plasmonic resonance and the reversal of the optical binding force in both far- and near-field configurations.