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Plasmonic structure and electromagnetic field enhancements in the metallic nanoparticle-film system

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We investigate the plasmonic structure of a metallic nanoparticle near a metallic thin film. We show that in the thin film limit, a virtual plasmon resonance composed of delocalized thin film plasmons is induced. We investigate how the physical properties of the virtual state depend on polarization, film thickness and nanoparticle-film separation. We show that the electromagnetic field enhancements associated with the virtual plasmon resonance are large, suggesting applications of metallic nanoparticle/thin film systems as substrates for surface enhanced spectroscopies and surface enhanced scanning probe microscopies.

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, M.S. 61, Laboratory for Nanophotonics, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005-1892, USA

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Nordlander, P., Le, F. Plasmonic structure and electromagnetic field enhancements in the metallic nanoparticle-film system. Appl. Phys. B 84, 35–41 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-006-2203-4

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