A subwavelength plasmonic metamolecule exhibiting magnetic-based optical Fano resonance

We demonstrate that a subwavelength plasmonic metamolecule consisting of four nanoparticles supports a magnetic response spectrally overlapped with the electric dipole resonance. Small structural asymmetries lead to interference and thus a Fano resonance in scattering.

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