Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance of Single Silver Nano-Hemisphere

Abstract:

In this work, we use 3D finite difference time domain (3D-FDTD) to calculate the plasmon resonance effect for a single silver hemisphere in which the palsmon line shape have distinct peaks when the particles are located on a glass substrate. The dependence of the resonance on hemisphere size and the ratio of height over radius are characterized, and it is found that the surface interface effect played an important role on the plasman resonace effect for a single silver hemisphere.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 818)
• Pages: 137-140
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.818.137
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Rui Li, Kun Liu, Shi Pan, Jian Hua Ding
• Keywords: FDTD, Nano, Plasmon, Silver

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