Generation of Multiple Fano Resonances in Plasmonic Split Nanoring Dimer

• DOI: 10.1007/s11468-014-9719-y
• Publication Date: 2014-04-10T02:20:44Z
• Authors: Adnan Daud Khan; Sultan Daud Khan; RehanUllah Khan; Naveed Ahmad; Amjad Ali; Akhtar Khalil; Farman Ali Khan
• Keywords: 0103 physical sciences; 01 natural sciences

We present a computational study of the plasmonic response of a split nanoring dimer resonator which supports multiple plasmonic Fano-like resonances that arises by the coupling and interference of the dimer plasmon modes. For the generation of Fano resonances with large modulation depths, numerous configurations of the dimer resonator are analyzed which are observed to be highly dependent on the polarization of incident light. Moreover, the influence of dimension of the split nanoring structure on the spectral positions and intensities of the higher order Fano resonances are also investigated, and it is found that the asymmetric Fano line shapes can be flexibly tuned in the spectrum by varying various geometrical parameters. Such Fano resonators are also discovered to offer high values of figure of merit and contrast ratio due to which they are suitable for high-performance biological sensors.