椭圆截面金纳米管近场增强特性的研究

本文基于时域有限差分方法(finite difference time domain, FDTD)研究了入射光波长、入射光偏振方向、纳米管几何形状、 管壁厚度及内核和包埋介质的变化对椭圆截面金纳米管近场分布特征的影响. 研究发现, 入射光波长为纳米管等离激元共振波长时, 纳米管近场增强最大; 入射光偏振方向与椭圆长轴夹角的增加会导致管内的场强迅速增大; 椭圆管半短轴变大可以调节纳米管场强分布从两端高、中间低变化为均匀分布; 内核和包埋介质介电常数的增大均会使得纳米管内部及周围场强逐渐减弱.     

金银三层纳米管局域表面等离激元共振特性研究

相对于单一金属纳米材料,二金属复合纳米材料具有更大的潜在应用价值.基于时域有限差分方法,研究了SiO₂-Ag-Au和SiO₂-Au-Ag二金属三层纳米管的消光光谱,并对其局域表面等离激元共振(Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance,LSPR)特性进行了分析.研究发现,内核尺寸变大将导致上述两种金属纳米管LSPR峰红移;内层金属及外层金属壳层厚度增大均会导致其LSPR峰蓝移.银壳厚度变化对纳米管LSPR的调制作用大于金壳厚度变化造成的影响.上述现象可以利用等离激元杂化理论及自由电子和振荡电子变化的竞争机制进行分析.     

金纳米球壳对的局域表面等离激元共振特性分析

应用有限元方法, 研究金纳米球壳对的几何结构参数及物理参量对其表面等离激元共振的散射及消光光谱的影响, 并根据等离激元杂化理论进行了理论分析. 结果表明, 随着金壳厚度的增加, 金纳米球壳对的散射及消光共振峰先发生蓝移而后红移, 而随着金纳米球壳间隙的减小, 或者随着金纳米球壳的内核尺寸或内核介质折射率的增大, 散射及消光共振峰均发生红移; 随着金壳厚度或内核尺寸减小, 或者随着内核介质折射率增大, 金纳米球壳对的散射与消光共振强度减弱, 而随着金壳间隙的减小, 金纳米球壳对的散射共振强度先增强后减弱, 而消光共振强度逐渐增强, 数值模拟与理论分析一致.     

三层材料纳米颗粒形状对消光特性的影响

通过高分辨率电子束光刻方法制备了不同形状的三层复合材料纳米颗粒,研究了这种纳米颗粒的形状变化对消光特性的影响。测试结果表明,当入射波偏振方向平行于短轴时,随着长宽比的增大,共振峰位置发生蓝移;当光源偏振方向平行于长轴时,随着长宽比的增大,共振峰位置发生红移。还用时域有限差分算法以及表面等离波子的Lorentz模型对纳米颗粒的消光特性进行数值计算,所得的消光频谱曲线、共振峰位置变化趋势与实验基本一致。此外,还研究了主体材料层厚度对消光特性的影响,发现其厚度在20～90nm变化时,共振峰发生3～115nm的蓝移。     

利用时域有限差分法模拟金纳米球及球壳的光学特性

利用时域有限差分方法研究了金纳米球、金纳米球壳及多层球壳的消光特性及电场分布.结果表明:金纳米颗粒的几何参量对消光峰的位置有显著影响.随着SiO2核心半径的增大,金纳米壳的消光峰显著红移.随着金核心半径的增大,gold-silica-gold多层球壳消光谱的低能峰显著红移,而高能峰微弱蓝移.     

金纳米球壳表面等离激元共振波长调谐特性研究

理论研究了金纳米球壳的几何结构参数, 及物理参量对局 域表面等离激元共振波长调谐特性的影响. 结果表明, 随着壳层厚度的增大, 球壳消光共振峰先蓝移后红移, 高阶峰转向时对应的壳层厚度比低阶峰大, 且该厚度与球壳内径的比值随内径尺寸的增大而减小, 随内核材料或外界环境介电常数的增大而增大, 散射共振峰也有类似的移动规律. 利用电子杂化效应和相位延迟效应对该现象进行了理论解释.     

利用矩形金属周期阵列实现局域电场的增强和共振波长的可控

基于表面等离激元共振(SPR)的原理,设计了一种具有矩形凹槽周期阵列微结构的金属增强基底。利用有限元方法对基底表面附近电场的分布进行了理论模拟分析,结果表明在SPR共振情况下,其凹槽微结构坑口处可得到强局域场,局域电场强度E_max／E₀可达20。通过改变结构的周期、凹槽长度l、宽度w以及环境介质,SPR共振峰发生规律性的移动,波长覆盖范围为500～1 000 nm。入射光沿x方向偏振的情况下,随着结构x方向周期P_x的增加,SPR共振峰明显红移。当入射光波长与P_x相当时,观察到凹槽内局域电场突然减小的现象。这是由于满足了波矢匹配条件,传播型SPP被激发导致的。改变凹槽长度l,发现共振波长随l的增加红移,近似呈线性关系。环境介质折射率的增加也会引起共振峰的红移。而凹槽宽度w的增加将导致其蓝移。这种规律性的移动为实现共振波长的调控提供了途径。受Jain研究报道的启发,矩形凹槽结构可以等效为两对偶极耦合模型的组合,从而解释SPR共振峰随结构参数变化而发生的移动。     

基于Ag纳米棒阵列的表面等离激元微型偏振器

采用静电近似理论计算了Ag纳米棒阵列在不同偏振光入射下的消光光谱。当入射光偏振方向平行于纳米棒长轴时会激发表面等离激元纵向振动模式,而当入射光偏振方向垂直于纳米棒长轴时会激发表面等离激元横向振动模式。基于两种模式共振波长的不同,采用Ag纳米棒阵列可以用来设计高性能的表面等离激元微型偏振器。Ag纳米棒阵列的偏振性能在纵向共振波长明显优于在横向共振波长,通过调节纳米棒的纵横比可以对纵向模式的共振峰位进行大范围调控。结果表明这种微型偏振器所适用的波长能够通过纳米棒的纵横比在可见到近红外波段范围内调控,而消光比和插入损耗能够通过纳米棒的直径和长度实现调控。     

金纳米环结构的光学性质研究

采用离散偶极子近似方法(DDA)研究了两种不同形状的金纳米环结构的消光光谱及其近电场分布, 研究了等离子体消光峰的红移、蓝移现象及消光系数与结构参数之间的关系, 并与盘状的金纳米结构进行了比较. 在等离子体共振峰波长入射时, 金纳米环结构比金纳米盘结构产生更大的局域增强电场分布, 横截面为圆形的金纳米环结构比横截面为矩形的结构具有更大的局域增强电场分布, 更适合作为表面增强拉曼散射的衬底. 关键词： 离散偶极子近似 金纳米环 金纳米盘 光学性质     

双对称性破缺Au-TiO_2-Ag三层纳米杯的LSPR特性研究

设计了一种双对称性破缺Au-TiO_2-Ag三层纳米杯结构,采用有限元方法分析了其局域表面等离子体共振(Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance,LSPR)特性,并采用等离激元杂化理论对LSPR现象进行理论分析。分别仿真了入射光偏振态、核壳结构参数和外界介质折射率对Au-TiO_2-Ag三层纳米杯消光光谱的影响。研究结果表明,当入射光偏振方向垂直于对称轴方向时,可将反对称横向耦合模式ω-⊥〉1的共振峰波长调谐至近红外区域1100nm附近,同时该模式共振波长随外界介质折射率的增大产生红移,这一特性可在生物传感领域得到广泛的应用。     

Optimization of ultrathin carbon film coated silver nanoshell for biomedical applications in vivo

The extinction spectroscopy and near-field enhancement of dielectric-silver nanoshell coated by tetrahedral amorphous carbon [ta-C] layer (DSC) have been calculated by using Mie theory. With decreasing the Ag layer thickness, the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) of DSC nanoshell moves from the visible region into the near-infrared region and the corresponding local field factor (LFF) increases first and then decreases. In addition, the increase of ta-C shell thickness leads to red-shift of LSPR and the decrease of LFF in DSC nanoshell. We further find that the increase of the dielectric constant for the outer shell can induce a significant enhancement of near-field. Based on the simulation analysis, we show that the DSC nanoshell can provide strong near-field in near-infrared region and may be suitable for the biomedical applications in vivo.     

Optical absorption tunability and local electric field distribution of gold-dielectric-silver three-layered cylindrical nanotube

The effects of inner nanowire radius, shell thickness, the dielectric functions of middle layer and surrounding medium on localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) of gold-dielectric-silver nanotube are studied based on the quasi-static approximation. Theoretical calculation results show that LSPR of gold-dielectric-silver nanotube and LSPR numbers can be well optimized by adjusting its geometrical parameters. The longer wavelength of $\left|\omega_{-}^{-}\right\rangle$ mode takes place a distinct red-shift with increasing the inner nanowire radius and the thickness of middle dielectric layer, while a blue-shift with increasing outer nanotube thickness. The physical mechanisms are explained based on the plasmon hybridization theory, induced charges and phase retardation. In addition, the effects of middle dielectric function and surrounding medium on LSPR, and the local electric field factor are also reported. Our study provides the potential applications of gold-dielectric-silver nanotube in biological tissues, sensor and related regions.     

Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance of Cu@Cu2O core-shell nanoparticles: Absorption, Scattering and Luminescence

By co-deposition via RF-Sputtering and RF-PECVD methods and using Cu target and acetylene gas, we prepared Cu@Cu₂O core-shell nanoparticles on the a-C:H thin film at room temperature. Mie absorption of Cu cores, scattering from Cu₂O shell and luminescence that rises from carrier transfer in Cu@Cu₂O interface were employed to fit the whole range of visible extinction spectrum of these core-shells. From simulation it was found that scattering and luminescence have an important effect on the energy, width and shape of LSPR absorption peak. Shift of LSPR peak is more affected by the dielectric coefficient of shell than Cu core size particularly for Cu core diameter above 4 nm. Also, the LSPR absorption peak is damped by decreasing Cu core size and dielectric coefficient of shell. The energy of LSPR absorption peak is independent of shell thickness and host dielectric coefficient. The LSPR peak is damped by increasing shell thickness and host dielectric coefficient too. The scattering contribution in extinction spectra was affected more by shell size than dielectric coefficient. These points are important for detection techniques based on LSPR peak.     

金纳米球壳光学吸收的Mie理论分析

基于Mie散射理论研究了金壳厚度变化、内核尺寸变化及内核介质变化下金纳米球壳的吸收光谱.研究发现,随着金壳厚度的增加,颗粒光学吸收增加到最大值后逐渐降低;随着内核尺寸逐渐增加,金壳颗粒的光学吸收最大值逐渐减小.此外,还发现随着内核介电常数的增大,颗粒的光学吸收逐渐减弱,当内核为空心时,吸收最强.利用等离激元杂化理论及自由电子和振荡电子变化的竞争机制对上述现象进行了理论分析. 关键词： 金纳米球壳 等离激元共振 吸收光谱     

High-order plasmon resonances in an Ag/Al2O3 core/shell nanorice

Using numerical simulation, we investigate the high-order plasmon resonances in individual nanostructures of an Ag nanorice core surrounded by an Al2O3 shell. The peak positions of localized surface plasmon resonances （LSPRs） are red-shifted exponentially with the increase of the dielectric shell thickness. This is due to the exponential decay of electromagnetic field intensity in the direction perpendicular to the interface. This exponential red-shift depends on the wavelength of the resonance peak instead of the resonance order. In addition, we find that the LSPRs in an Ag nanorice of 60-nm width can be perfectly described by a single linear function. These features make nanorice an ideal platform for sensing applications.     

Effects of dielectric core and embedding medium on plasmonic coupling of gold nanoshell arrays

The effects of the dielectric core and the dielectric embedding medium separately on transmission spectra and plasmon resonance properties of gold nanoshell arrays were investigated by using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) theory. It is found that when the hollow nanoshell arrays are placed in air, the wide photonic band gap becomes narrower as the core dielectric constant increases. On the contrary, when the nanoshell arrays with dielectric core are placed in the dielectric medium, the photonic band gap becomes wider. Furthermore, increasing core or medium dielectric constant leads to a redshift of the transmission spectra due to the polarization of the dielectric. Based on the electric field distributions, we also clearly show that the plasmon properties of the nanoshell arrays are strongly influenced by the presence of the dielectric.