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}

Calculated scattering spectra of heterostructures with different separations between the gold nanorod and the WSe₂ surface. The aspect ratio of the gold nanorod is kept as 3.5.