Realizing of plasmon Fano resonance with a metal nanowall moving along MIM waveguide

A larger number of complicated plasmonic nanostructures have been realized to exhibit Fano interference. In this paper, we demonstrate a simple nanostructure, side coupled waveguide resonator system with a metal nanowall located in the metal-insulator-metal waveguide (MIM), which can also achieve multiple plasmonic Fano resonance. In the proposed nanostructure, the asymmetric line shape originates from the interference between the slot resonator and the new resonator. Therefore, the Fano line shape can be actively controlled by the phase difference of the two resonators and the thickness of the metal nanowall. A scattering matrix method is used to calculate the transmission spectra. Results obtained by the scattering matrix theory are consistent with those from the finite-difference time-domain simulations (FDTD). Moreover, Fano resonances in the proposed structure show high sensitivity, which may have important application in plasmonic nanosensor and modulator.