Active modulation of the plasmonic response is at the forefront of today's research in nano-optics. For a fast and reversible modulation, external magnetic fields are among the most promising approaches. However, fundamental limitations of metals hamper the applicability of magnetoplasmonics in real-life active devices. While improved magnetic modulation is achievable using ferromagnetic or ferromagnetic-noble metal hybrid nanostructures, these suffer from severely broadened plasmonic response, ultimately decreasing their performance. Here we propose a paradigm shift in the choice of materials, demonstrating for the first time the outstanding magnetoplasmonic performance of transparent conductive oxide nanocrystals with plasmon resonance in the near-infrared. We report the highest magneto-optical response for a nonmagnetic plasmonic material employing F- and In-codoped CdO nanocrystals, due to the low carrier effective mass and the reduced plasmon line width. The performance of state-of-the-art ferromagnetic nanostructures in magnetoplasmonic refractometric sensing experiments are exceeded, challenging current best-in-class localized plasmon-based approaches.

Magnetoplasmonics beyond Metals: Ultrahigh Sensing Performance in Transparent Conductive Oxide Nanocrystals / Gabbani, Alessio; Sangregorio, Claudio; Tandon, Bharat; Nag, Angshuman; Gurioli, Massimo; Pineider, Francesco. - In: NANO LETTERS. - ISSN 1530-6984. - STAMPA. - 22:(2022), pp. 9036-9044. [10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c03383]

Magnetoplasmonics beyond Metals: Ultrahigh Sensing Performance in Transparent Conductive Oxide Nanocrystals

Gabbani, Alessio
;
Sangregorio, Claudio;Gurioli, Massimo;
2022

Abstract

Active modulation of the plasmonic response is at the forefront of today's research in nano-optics. For a fast and reversible modulation, external magnetic fields are among the most promising approaches. However, fundamental limitations of metals hamper the applicability of magnetoplasmonics in real-life active devices. While improved magnetic modulation is achievable using ferromagnetic or ferromagnetic-noble metal hybrid nanostructures, these suffer from severely broadened plasmonic response, ultimately decreasing their performance. Here we propose a paradigm shift in the choice of materials, demonstrating for the first time the outstanding magnetoplasmonic performance of transparent conductive oxide nanocrystals with plasmon resonance in the near-infrared. We report the highest magneto-optical response for a nonmagnetic plasmonic material employing F- and In-codoped CdO nanocrystals, due to the low carrier effective mass and the reduced plasmon line width. The performance of state-of-the-art ferromagnetic nanostructures in magnetoplasmonic refractometric sensing experiments are exceeded, challenging current best-in-class localized plasmon-based approaches.
2022
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9036
9044
Gabbani, Alessio; Sangregorio, Claudio; Tandon, Bharat; Nag, Angshuman; Gurioli, Massimo; Pineider, Francesco
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