Abstract
The effects of the local dielectric environment on the surface-plasmon resonances of annealed gold-island films are studied experimentally and modeled theoretically. Gold-island films were annealed at 600 °C to produce spheroidal shape particles which exhibit well-resolved resonances in polarized, angle-resolved, absorption spectra. These resonances are shifted in different amounts by the depolarization effect of the surrounding medium (liquids with various refraction indices). Cross-section calculations based upon non-retarded, single-particle, dielectric interaction for these various configurations are presented and found to be in good agreement with the experimental observations.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 328-333 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
| Volume | 3491 |
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| State | Published - 1998 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1998 International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology, ICAPT - Ottawa, Can Duration: Jul 29 1998 → Jul 31 1998 |