Anisotropic surface plasmon excitation in Au/silica nanowire
Author(s) -
Chien-Ting Wu,
MingWen Chu,
Shengbo Wang,
Ming-Shien Hu,
KueiHsien Chen,
LiChyong Chen,
ChunWei Chen,
ChengHsuan Chen
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
applied physics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182
H-Index - 442
eISSN - 1077-3118
pISSN - 0003-6951
DOI - 10.1063/1.3456529
Subject(s) - nanowire , photoconductivity , materials science , surface plasmon , surface plasmon resonance , plasmon , anisotropy , transmission electron microscopy , excitation , localized surface plasmon , scanning electron microscope , spectroscopy , polarization (electrochemistry) , optoelectronics , charge carrier , molecular physics , optics , chemistry , nanotechnology , nanoparticle , physics , quantum mechanics , composite material
The surface plasmon (SP) excitations of gold/silica nanowire, investigated by electron energy-loss spectroscopy in conjunction with scanning transmission electron microscopy, are found to be anisotropic with stronger SP intensities observed along the transverse direction of the nanowire. This indicates that the charge carriers generated near the surface of the nanowires by the decay of SP resonance play a significant role to the enhanced photoconductivity. This conclusion is reaffirmed by the polarization dependent photoconductivity measurement.
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