Modulation of Fano resonances in symmetry-broken gold-SiO2-gold nanotube dimers

Fano resonances in the symmetry-broken gold-SiO₂-gold (BGSG) nanotubes and the associated dimers have been investigated based on the finite element method. In the BGSG nanotube, the symmetry breaking induced the interactions of the inner gold core and outer gold nanoshell plasmons of all multipolar orders and hence the red-shifts of the plasmon resonance modes and the enhanced quadrupole mode peaks were observed. The interference of the quadrupole mode peak with the subradiant dipole mode caused a Fano-dip in the scattering spectrum. By increasing the core offset-value in the BGSG nanotube, the Fano dip with low energy showed a red-shift and became deeper. Unexpectedly the plasmon coupling between a GSG nanotube and a BGSG nanotube can lead to two strong Fano dips in the scattering spectra of the dimer. It was further noted that the thin side of the BGSG nanotube located at two sides of the dimer gap can lead to the strong near-field coupling between two BGSG nanotubes and hence a deeper and broader Fano dip.