Probing plasmons in three dimensions by combining complementary spectroscopies in a scanning transmission electron microscope

Hachtel, Jordan A.; Marvinney, Claire; Mouti, Anas; Mayo, Daniel; Mu, Richard R.; Pennycook, Stephen J.; Lupini, Andrew R.; Chisholm, Matthew F.; Haglund, R. F.; Pantelides, Sokrates T.

doi:10.1088/0957-4484/27/15/155202

Title: Probing plasmons in three dimensions by combining complementary spectroscopies in a scanning transmission electron microscope

Journal Article · Wed Mar 02 04:00:00 UTC 2016 · Nanotechnology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/27/15/155202 · OSTI ID:1337843

Hachtel, Jordan A. ^[1]; Marvinney, Claire ^[2]; Mouti, Anas ^[3]; Mayo, Daniel ^[4]; Mu, Richard R. ^[5]; Pennycook, Stephen J. ^[6]; Lupini, Andrew R. ^[3]; Chisholm, Matthew F. ^[3]; Haglund, R. F. ^[2]; Pantelides, Sokrates T. ^[1]

Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States); Fisk Univ., Nashville, TN (United States)
Fisk Univ., Nashville, TN (United States)
National Univ. of Singapore (Singapore)

The nanoscale optical response of surface plasmons in three-dimensional metallic nanostructures plays an important role in many nanotechnology applications, where precise spatial and spectral characteristics of plasmonic elements control device performance. Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) and cathodoluminescence (CL) within a scanning transmission electron microscope have proven to be valuable tools for studying plasmonics at the nanoscale. Each technique has been used separately, producing three-dimensional reconstructions through tomography, often aided by simulations for complete characterization. Here we demonstrate that the complementary nature of the two techniques, namely that EELS probes beam-induced electronic excitations while CL probes radiative decay, allows us to directly obtain a spatially- and spectrally-resolved picture of the plasmonic characteristics of nanostructures in three dimensions. Furthermore, the approach enables nanoparticle-by-nanoparticle plasmonic analysis in three dimensions to aid in the design of diverse nanoplasmonic applications.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1337843

Journal Information:: Nanotechnology, Journal Name: Nanotechnology Journal Issue: 15 Vol. 27; ISSN 0957-4484

Publisher:: IOP PublishingCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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