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Hybridization of Gap Plasmons and Grating-Coupled Surface Plasmon Polaritons in Metal Nanoparticle Cluster Arrays on a Mirror
23 October 2026

A new paper has been published in Advanced Optical Materials:

Metallic nanoparticles exhibit unique plasmonic properties, enabling the confinement of electromagnetic fields at the nanoscale. In the nanoparticle-on-mirror (NPoM) geometry, nanoparticles vertically coupled to a metallic mirror across a dielectric spacer sustain tightly confined gap plasmons with limited direct far-field access. Combining these cavities with periodic arrays allows for the excitation of diffractively excited resonances that act as radiative gateways, enabling efficient far-field excitation and enhanced coupling to the gap modes. However, preparing such hybrid metasurfaces remains challenging because of the disparate length scales involved and the reliance on poorly scalable top-down nanofabrication techniques. Here, we address these challenges by using a template-assisted self-assembly technique with metal colloids resulting in a hybrid plasmonic metasurface, a periodic array of clustered metal nanoparticles separated from a metallic film by a dielectric spacer. Our nanostructure allows the interplay of the grating-coupled Surface Plasmon Polaritons (SPP), the Surface Lattice Resonance (SLR) and the gap mode through a variety of geometrical parameters enabling hybrid mode engineering and offer a route toward advanced photonic devices with tailored optical responses.

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Hybridization of Gap Plasmons and Grating-Coupled Surface Plasmon Polaritons in Metal Nanoparticle Cluster Arrays on a Mirror


Koutsogianni, Afroditi; Qi, Xiaoyu; Mendoza-Carreno, Jose; Moronta, Pedro; Alonso, Maria Isabel; Amabilino, David B.; Mihi, Agustin

Advanced Optical Materials, 2026; 14:e71842
DOI: 10.1002/adom.71842