Polarization dependent, surface plasmon induced photoconductance in gold nanorod arrays

Abstract

Abstract We report on the photoconductance in two‐dimensional arrays of gold nanorods. The arrays are formed by a combination of droplet deposition and stamping methods. We find that the plasmon induced photoconductance is sensitive to the linear polarization of the exciting photons consistent with the excitation of the longitudinal surface plasmon resonance of the nanorods. magnified image (© 2014 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)