Grating-induced plasmon mode in gold nanoparticle arrays.

We study the dipolar coupling of gold nanoparticles arranged in regular two-dimensional arrays by extinction micro-spectroscopy. When the interparticle spacing approaches the plasmon resonance wavelength of the individual particles, an additional band of very narrow width emerges in the extinction spectrum. By systematically changing the particles dielectric environment, the particles shape, the grating constant and angle of incidence, we show how this band associated to a grating induced-resonance can be influenced in strength and spectral position. The spectral position can be qualitatively understood by considering the conditions for grazing grating orders whereas the strength can be related to the strength of dipolar scattering from the individual particles.

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