Revealing the Three-Dimensional Orientation and Interplay between Plasmons and Interband Transitions for Single Gold Bipyramids by Photoluminescence Excitation Pattern Imaging

Quan Liu, Dandan Ge, Frank Wackenhut, Caitlin D. Coplan, Charles Cherqui, Marc Brecht, Xiao Min Lin, George C. Schatz, Richard D. Schaller, Pierre Michel Adam, Renaud Bachelot*, Alfred J. Meixner

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Abstract

Gold bipyramids (AuBPs) attract significant attention due to the large enhancement of the electric field around their sharp tips and well-defined tunability of their plasmon resonances. Excitation patterns of single AuBPs are recorded using raster-scanning confocal microscopy combined with radially and azimuthally polarized laser beams. Photoluminescence spectra (PL) and excitation patterns of the same AuBPs are acquired with three different excitation wavelengths. The isotropic excitation patterns suggest that the AuBPs are mainly excited by interband transitions with 488/530 nm radiation, while excitation patterns created with a 633 nm laser exhibit a double-lobed shape that indicates a single-dipole excitation process associated with the longitudinal plasmon resonance mode. We are able to determine the three-dimensional orientation of single AuBPs nonperturbatively by comparing experimental patterns with theoretical simulations. The asymmetric patterns show that the AuBPs are lying on the substrate with an out-of-plane tilt angle of around 10-15°.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)26978-26985
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry C
Volume125
Issue number48
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 9 2021

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Energy(all)
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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