Research Article

Switching the Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance of Single Gold Nanorods with a Phase-Change Material and the Implementation of a Cellular Automata Algorithm Using a Plasmon Particle Array

Figure 3

Time trace of scattered light intensity (λ = 980 nm) from AuNR/GST/Au nanosandwich demonstrating repeatable modulation of LSPR band by alternate irradiation with femtosecond pulsed laser for amorphization and cw LD for crystallization. The switching contrast for each cycle is also plotted.