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Plasmonic Properties of Gold Central Symmetrical Tetramer in the Visible Regime

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In this work, a central symmetrical tetramer structure consisting of gold-broken nanorings is proposed, and the plasmonic properties of the system are investigated in the visible range. Four gold broken nanorings are central symmetrically oriented in this structure. Using the finite difference time domain method, the plasmonic scattering efficiency of the system is studied quantitatively, and the electric field distributions at the resonance wavelengths are also investigated. In this work, the structural parameters are respectively varied in the wavelength range from 400 to 1000 nm, including the relative orientation of the broken angles, the thickness of the broken nanorings, the light polarization, and the refractive index of the surrounding environment. It is shown that two different plasmonic resonances are revealed in the gold broken nanorings and that the resonance wavelengths and the peak intensities can also be adjusted by changing the aforementioned parameters. The results demonstrated in this work may be beneficial in the design of plasmonic devices that can operate at visible wavelengths.

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This study was funded by the Education Department Basic Scientific Research Project of Liaoning Province of China (Grant No. LJKQZ2021171).

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    Qinxiu Zhang, Yue Zhang, Tao Xiong, Wei Wang & Cheng Sun

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Software, analysis, and figures were performed by Qinxiu Zhang. Methodology and investigation by Yue Zhang and Tao Xiong. Wei Wang commented on previous versions of the manuscript. The original draft of the manuscript was written by Qinxiu Zhang and Cheng Sun. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Zhang, Q., Zhang, Y., Xiong, T. et al. Plasmonic Properties of Gold Central Symmetrical Tetramer in the Visible Regime. Plasmonics 18, 1959–1969 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-023-01911-z

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