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International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics

Optical response of a nanohybrid: Molecular dimer + metal nanoparticle

Bintoro Siswo Nugroho, Alexander Agustinus Iskandar, Victor A Malyshev, Jasper Konester

Published Sep 1, 2013• 0 citations
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Abstract

We study theoretically the optical response of a hybrid system comprised of a dimer coupled to a metal nanoparticle. The intermolecular coupling between molecules J and the dimer-MNP coupling G drive the optical response of the hybrid. We found that, for certain combinations of J and G, optical bistability can occur.
DOI
10.1109/metamaterials.2013.6809016

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