Unveiling quasi-dark surface plasmon modes in Au nanoring cavities by cathodoluminescence

Abstract Spectral resolving and imaging surface plasmon modes in noble metal nanostructures are important for applications in nanophotonics. Here, we use cathodoluminescence (CL) spectroscopy to excite and probe quasi-dark plasmon modes of Au nanoring cavities. Numerical simulations of both the spec...

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Main Authors: Chenglin Du, Wei Cai, Wei Wu, Yinxiao Xiang, Lei Wang, Mengxin Ren, Xinzheng Zhang, Jingjun Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01607-5