Highly tunable optical response in dielectric-embedded plasmonic nanocavities

Junsheng Zheng; Alexey V. Krasavin; Zhiyong Li; Xin Guo; Anatoly V. Zayats; Limin Tong; Pan Wang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.565888

Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 9, 2593(2025)

Highly tunable optical response in dielectric-embedded plasmonic nanocavities

Junsheng Zheng^1,2, Alexey V. Krasavin³, Zhiyong Li^1,2,4, Xin Guo^1,2,4, Anatoly V. Zayats³, Limin Tong^1,2,5, and Pan Wang^1,2,4,5、*

Author Affiliations

¹New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China

²Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Technology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China

³Department of Physics and London Centre for Nanotechnology, King’s College London, London WC2R 2LS, UK

⁴Jiaxing Key Laboratory of Photonic Sensing and Intelligent Imaging, Intelligent Optics and Photonics Research Center, Jiaxing Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Jiaxing 314000, China

⁵Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China

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Paper Information

Category: Surface Optics and Plasmonics

Received: Apr. 22, 2025

Accepted: Jun. 22, 2025

Published Online: Aug. 28, 2025

The Author Email: Pan Wang (nanopan@zju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.565888

CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.565888

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