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From silver nanolentils to nanocolumns: surface plasmon–polaritons and confined acoustic vibrations

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Optical and vibrational properties of silver nanolentils, nanospheres, and nanocolumns are studied experimentally using optical transmission spectroscopy and low-frequency Raman scattering. The split of the surface plasmon–polariton resonance into transverse and longitudinal components due to the squeezing or to the elongation of the nanospheres is clearly observed. The vibration band frequencies are demonstrated to be strongly related to the average in-plane diameter, while the quadrupolar vibration modes observed depend on the shape of the nanoparticles.

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  1. Laser Processing Group, Instituto de Optica, CSIC, 121 Calle Serrano, 28006, Madrid, Spain

    J. Margueritat, J. Gonzalo & C.N. Afonso

  2. Laboratoire de Spectrométrie Ionique et Moléculaire, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 – CNRS (UMR 5579), 43 Bd du 11 novembre 1918, 69622, Villeurbanne Cedex, France

    G. Bachelier

  3. Centre d’Elaboration de Matériaux et d’Etudes Structurales, Université Paul Sabatier – CNRS, 29 rue Jeanne Marvig, 31055, Toulouse Cedex 04, France

    J. Margueritat & A. Mlayah

  4. Mathematics, Statistics and Physics Unit, University of British Columbia Okanagan, 3333 University Way, Kelowna, BC, Canada

    A.S. Laarakker & D.B. Murray

  5. V1V1V7 Institut Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR CNRS 5209, Université de Bourgogne, 9 Avenue Alain Savary, BP 47870, 21078, Dijon Cedex, France

    L. Saviot

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Margueritat, J., Gonzalo, J., Afonso, C. et al. From silver nanolentils to nanocolumns: surface plasmon–polaritons and confined acoustic vibrations. Appl. Phys. A 89, 369–372 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-007-4120-8

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