Journal
NANO LETTERS
Volume 18, Issue 12, Pages 7709-7714Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b03378
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Metal nanoparticles; nonlinear optics; second-harmonic generation; plasmonic resonances; surface-lattice resonances; interparticle interactions
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- Academy of Finland [265682, 287651, 308596]
- Academy of Finland (AKA) [308596, 265682, 308596, 265682] Funding Source: Academy of Finland (AKA)
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We investigate optical second-harmonic generation (SHG) from metasurfaces where noncentrosymmetric V-shaped gold nanoparticles are ordered into regular array configurations. In contrast to expectations, a substantial enhancement of the SHG signal is observed when the number density of the particles in the array is reduced. More specifically, by halving the number density, we obtain over 5-fold enhancement in SHG intensity. This striking result is attributed to favorable interparticle interactions mediated by the lattice, where surface lattice resonances lead to spectral narrowing of the plasmon resonances. Importantly, however, the results cannot be explained by the improved quality of the plasmon resonance alone. Instead, the lattice interactions also lead to further enhancement of the local fields at the particles. The experimental observations agree very well with results obtained from numerical simulations including lattice interactions.
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