Localized surface plasmon resonance properties of Ag nanorod arrays on graphene-coated Au substrate

Haiwei Mu, Jingwei Lv, Chao Liu*, Tao Sun, Paul K. Chu, Jingping Zhang

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    Abstract

    Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) on silver nanorod (SNR) arrays deposited on a graphene-coated Au substrate is investigated by the discrete dipole approximation (DDA) method. The resonance peaks in the extinction spectra of the SNR/graphene/Au structure show significantly different profiles as SNR height, and refractive index of the surrounding medium are varied gradually. Numerical simulation reveals that the shifts in the resonance peaks arise from hybridization of multiple plasmon modes as a result of coupling between the SNR arrays and graphene-coated Au substrate. Moreover, the LSPR modes blue-shifts from 800 nm to 700 nm when the thickness of the graphene layer in the metal nanoparticle (NP) - graphene hybrid nanostructure increases from 1 nm to 5 nm, which attribute to charge transfer between the graphene layer and SNR arrays. The results provide insights into metal NP-graphene hybrid nanostructures which have potential applications in plasmonics.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)216-220
    JournalOptics Communications
    Volume402
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2017

    Research Keywords

    • DDA
    • LSPR
    • SNR/graphene/Au substrate

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