Imaging of Antiferroelectric Dark Modes in an Inverted Plasmonic Lattice

Plasmonic lattice nanostructures are of technological interest because of their capacity to manipulate light below the diffraction limit. Here, we present a detailed study of dark and bright modes in the visible and near-infrared energy regime of an inverted plasmonic honeycomb lattice by a combinat...

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Autores: Rodríguez-Álvarez, Javier, Labarta, Amilcar, Idrobo, Juan Carlos, Dell'Anna, Rossana, Cian, Alessandro, Giubertoni, Damiano, Borrisé, Xavier, Guerrero, Albert, Perez Murano, Francesc X., Fraile Rodríguez, Arantxa, Terradas-Batlle, Xavier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/336587
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/336587
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85156256984
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:EELS
SLR
Antiferroelectric
Dark modes
Honeycomb lattice
Inverted lattice
Plasmonic
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Sumario:Plasmonic lattice nanostructures are of technological interest because of their capacity to manipulate light below the diffraction limit. Here, we present a detailed study of dark and bright modes in the visible and near-infrared energy regime of an inverted plasmonic honeycomb lattice by a combination of Au+ focused ion beam lithography with nanometric resolution, optical and electron spectroscopy, and finite-difference time-domain simulations. The lattice consists of slits carved in a gold thin film, exhibiting hotspots and a set of bright and dark modes. We proposed that some of the dark modes detected by electron energy-loss spectroscopy are caused by antiferroelectric arrangements of the slit polarizations with two times the size of the hexagonal unit cell. The plasmonic resonances take place within the 0.5-2 eV energy range, indicating that they could be suitable for a synergistic coupling with excitons in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides materials or for designing nanoscale sensing platforms based on near-field enhancement over a metallic surface.