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O: Fachverband Oberflächenphysik
O 60: Poster Session IV (Solid/liquid interfaces; Semiconductors; Oxides and insulators; Graphene; Plasmonics and nanooptics; Electronic Structure; Surface chemical reactions; Heterogeneous catalysis)
O 60.59: Poster
Wednesday, March 16, 2011, 17:30–21:00, P4
Infrared optical properties of gold nanoantenna arrays — •Daniel Weber1, Frank Neubrech1, Han Gui2, Dominik Enders2, Tadaaki Nagao2, and Annemarie Pucci1 — 1Kirchhoff Institute for Physics, Heidelberg, Germany — 2National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba , Japan
Antenna-like gold nanoparticles are proven to be well-suited for spectroscopic applications due to their tuneable plasmonic properties. Excited resonantly by electromagnetic radiation, they are able to strongly enhance the local electromagnetic field. This effect can be exploited for example for surface-enhanced infrared (IR) spectroscopy, making the detection of very small amounts of molecules possible. Although the investigation of single particles is possible, well-arranged arrays of nanoantennas promise to have greater potential for possible sensor applications since the overall sensitivity can be increased if several nanoantennas interact. In this paper, we report on the IR optical properties of gold nanoantenna arrays and show the dependence of characteristic resonance parameters from the geometrical arrangement of the antennas on the substrate. The stripe-like, polycrystalline gold nanoantennas with rectangular cross-sections were produced by electron beam lithography on silicon wafers. The resonance characteristics were extracted from spectroscopic measurements with our IR microscope. Special focus herein is on interaction between nanoantennas in direction perpendicular to the long particle axis. It is shown that beginning from a crucial distance, the optical properties change dramatically if the gap between the nanoantennas is further decreased.