Direct observation of narrow mid-infrared plasmon linewidths of single metal oxide nanocrystals

Johns, Robert W.; Bechtel, Hans A.; Runnerstrom, Evan L.; Agrawal, Ankit; Lounis, Sebastien D.; Milliron, Delia J.

doi:10.1038/ncomms11583

Title: Direct observation of narrow mid-infrared plasmon linewidths of single metal oxide nanocrystals

Journal Article · Fri May 13 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11583· OSTI ID:1379340

Johns, Robert W. ^[1]; Bechtel, Hans A. ^[2]; Runnerstrom, Evan L. ^[3]; Agrawal, Ankit ^[4]; Lounis, Sebastien D. ^[5]; Milliron, Delia J. ^[4]

Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry; Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). McKetta Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). McKetta Dept. of Chemical Engineering; Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). McKetta Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). McKetta Dept. of Chemical Engineering; Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Graduate Program in Applied Science and Technology

Infrared-responsive doped metal oxide nanocrystals are an emerging class of plasmonic materials whose localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPR) can be resonant with molecular vibrations. This presents a distinctive opportunity to manipulate light-matter interactions to redirect chemical or spectroscopic outcomes through the strong local electric fields they generate. Here we report a technique for measuring single nanocrystal absorption spectra of doped metal oxide nanocrystals, revealing significant spectral inhomogeneity in their mid-infrared LSPRs. Our analysis suggests dopant incorporation is heterogeneous beyond expectation based on a statistical distribution of dopants. The broad ensemble linewidths typically observed in these materials result primarily from sam ple heterogeneity and not from strong electronic damping associated with lossy plasmonic materials. In fact, single nanocrystal spectra reveal linewidths as narrow as 600 cm -1 in aluminium-doped zinc oxide, a value less than half the ensemble linewidth and markedly less than homogeneous linewidths of gold nanospheres.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

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Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 7; ISSN 2041-1723

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