Flexible manipulation of plasmon dephasing time via the adjustable Fano asymmetric dimer

Yang Xu; Yulu Qin; Peng Lang; Boyu Ji; Xiaowei Song; Jingquan Lin

doi:10.1364/PRJ.460638

Photonics Research, Volume. 10, Issue 10, 2267(2022)

Flexible manipulation of plasmon dephasing time via the adjustable Fano asymmetric dimer

Yang Xu¹, Yulu Qin^1,2, Peng Lang¹, Boyu Ji¹, Xiaowei Song¹, and Jingquan Lin^1、*

Author Affiliations

¹School of Science, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China

²State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

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Paper Information

Category: Surface Optics and Plasmonics

Received: Apr. 7, 2022

Accepted: Jun. 27, 2022

Published Online: Sep. 21, 2022

The Author Email: Jingquan Lin (linjingquan@cust.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.460638

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