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Buried Effects of Surface Plasmon Resonance Modes for Periodic Metal–Dielectric Nanostructures Consisting of Coupled Spherical Metal Nanoparticles with Cylindrical Pore Filled with a Dielectric

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We numerically investigate the buried effects of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) modes for the periodic silver-shell nanopearl dimer (PSSND) array and their solid counterparts with different buried depths in a silica substrate by means of finite element method with three-dimensional calculations. The investigated PSSND array is an important novel geometry for plasmonic metal nanoparticles (MNPs), combining the highly attractive nanoscale optical properties of both metallic nanoshell and cylindrical pore filled with a dielectric. Numerical results for SPR modes corresponding to the effects of different illumination wavelengths, absorption spectra, pore–dielectric, electric field components and total field distribution, charge density distribution, and the model of the induced local field or an applied field of the PSSND array are reported as well. It can be found that the buried MNPs with cylindrical pore filled with a dielectric in a substrate exhibit tunable SPR modes corresponding to the bonding and antibonding modes that are not observed for their solid counterparts.

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The authors acknowledge the financial support from the National Science Council of the Republic of China (Taiwan) under contract nos. NSC 99-2112- M-231-001-MY3 and NSC 101-3113-P-002-021.

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Chau, YF., Jheng, CY. Buried Effects of Surface Plasmon Resonance Modes for Periodic Metal–Dielectric Nanostructures Consisting of Coupled Spherical Metal Nanoparticles with Cylindrical Pore Filled with a Dielectric. Plasmonics 9, 1–9 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-013-9591-1

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