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Realization of Fanolike Resonance Due to Diffraction Coupling of Localized Surface Plasmon Resonances in Embedded Nanoantenna Arrays

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We present a straightforward method to realize Fanolike resonance due to diffraction coupling of localized surface plasmon (SP) resonances by embedding the nanoantenna arrays into the substrate. Light transmission spectra of the embedded nanoantenna arrays are theoretically studied and show a Fanolike resonance resulting from the interference between localized SP resonances excited on individual plasmonic nanoantennas and an in-plane propagating collective surface mode arising from the array periodicity. The effect can be attributed to the fact that our approach, by embedding the nanoantenna arrays into the substrate, offers a more homogeneous dielectric background allowing stronger diffraction coupling among nanoantennas leading to the Fanolike resonance. Upon the excitation of this Fanolike resonance, a nearly 110 times enhancement of electric fields was achieved as compared with the purely resonance. More importantly, we also found that in addition to the above requirement of homogeneous dielectric background, only a collective surface mode with its electric field parallel to the array plane can mediate the excitation of such a Fanolike resonance. The steep dispersion of the Fano resonance profile and enhanced electric fields obtained in these structures could be attractive for biosensing and nonlinear photonics applications.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would acknowledge financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11304159, 11104136, 11264021, 61372045), the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (Grant Nos. 20133223120006, 20123223120003), the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (Grant No. LY14A040004), and the Scientific Research Foundation of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (Grant No. NY213023). This research was also supported by the Technological Innovation Funds for Technology-Based Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. BC2014138).

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  1. College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023, China

    Jing Chen, Rongqing Xu, Yuting Zhang, Yuanjian Liu & Tao Chen

  2. Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency and Micro-Nano Electronics of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210023, Jiangsu, China

    Jing Chen, Rongqing Xu, Yuting Zhang & Yuanjian Liu

  3. National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China

    Peng Mao

  4. Department of Applied Physics, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310023, China

    Chaojun Tang

  5. School of Science, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, 332005, China

    Jianqiang Liu

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Chen, J., Xu, R., Mao, P. et al. Realization of Fanolike Resonance Due to Diffraction Coupling of Localized Surface Plasmon Resonances in Embedded Nanoantenna Arrays. Plasmonics 10, 341–346 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-014-9814-0

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