Table 3.

Optimal combination of plasmonic nanoparticles considering inhomogeneous broadening due to polydispersed nanoparticles in reality.

Particle type Index	Property	Uniform distribution	Solar-spectrum-like distribution	Step-function-like distribution
#1	Material	Gold	Silver	Silver
	Type	Nano-rod	Core-shell	Core-shell
	Design	(21, 139)	(61, 11)	(34, 5)
	$f_i\times {10}^6$	0.406	2.683	0.089
	Peak [nm]	510, 830	560	740
#2	Material	Gold	Silver	Silver
	Type	Core-shell	Core-shell	Core-shell
	Design	(76, 15)	(85, 10)	(83, 7)
	$f_i\times {10}^6$	4.839	3.810	4.937
	Peak [nm]	670	670	740, 1030
#3	Material	Silver	Silver	Gold
	Type	Core-shell	Core-shell	Nano-rod
	Design	(88, 5)	(54, 12)	(12, 103)
	$f_i\times {10}^6$	1.504	1.652	0.123
	Peak [nm]	840	520	850
#4	Material	Silver	Gold	Silver
	Type	Core-shell	Core-shell	Core-shell
	Design	(89, 8)	(77, 17)	(90, 6)
	$f_i\times {10}^6$	3.234	4.696	2.995
	Peak [nm]	740, 1050	660	820
#5	Material	Silver	Gold	Gold
	Type	Core-shell	Nano-rod	Core-shell
	Design	(71, 15)	(15, 112)	(15, 23)
	$f_i\times {10}^6$	4.280	0.245	0.005
	Peak [nm]	560	820	540

The notation of the design variables follows that in Table 2.