Room-temperature strong coupling between dipolar plasmon resonance in single gold nanorod and two-dimensional excitons in monolayer WSe<sub>2</sub><xref rid="cpb_27_9_096101fn1" ref-type="fn">*</xref><fn id="cpb_27_9_096101fn1"><label>*</label><p>Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51290271 and 11474364), the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2013CB933601 and 2013YQ12034506), the Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholars of Guangdong Province, China (Grant No. 2014A030306017), the Pearl River S & T Nova Program of Guangzhou, China (Grant No. 201610010084), and the Guangdong Special Support Program, China.</p></fn>

Room-temperature strong coupling between dipolar plasmon resonance in single gold nanorod and two-dimensional excitons in monolayer WSe₂**

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51290271 and 11474364), the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2013CB933601 and 2013YQ12034506), the Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholars of Guangdong Province, China (Grant No. 2014A030306017), the Pearl River S & T Nova Program of Guangzhou, China (Grant No. 201610010084), and the Guangdong Special Support Program, China.

Wen Jinxiu^{1, 4}, Wang Hao^{1, 3}, Chen Huanjun^{1, 2, †}, Deng Shaozhi^{1, 2, ‡}, Xu Ningsheng^{1, 2}

Gold nanorod-WSe₂ heterostructures. (a) Schematic showing the heterostructure composed of an individual gold nanorod supported by a monolayer WSe₂ flake. (b) Photoluminescence spectrum of the monolayer WSe₂ (upper), scattering spectrum of an individual gold nanorod (middle), and scattering spectrum of an individual gold nanorod-WSe₂ heterostructure (lower).