金纳米结构表面二次电子发射特性

使用低气压蒸发工艺制备了金纳米结构,研究了金纳米结构的二次电子发射特性及其对表面形貌的依赖规律,表征了金纳米结构表面出射二次电子能量分布.实验结果表明:蒸发气压升高时,金纳米结构孔隙率增大,表面电子出射产额降低;能量分布表明金纳米结构仅对低能真二次电子有明显抑制作用,对背散射电子的作用效果则依赖于表面形貌.使用由半球和沟槽构成的复合结构,并结合二次电子发射唯象概率模型,对金纳米结构进行模型等效及电子发射特性仿真,模拟结果表明:纳米结构中的半球状纳米颗粒对两种电子产额均有增强作用;沟槽对真二次电子产额有强抑制作用,而对背散射电子产额仅有微弱抑制作用.本工作深入研究了金纳米结构表面电子发射机理,对于开发空间微波系统中纳米级低电子产额表面有重要参考价值.     

Influence of surface roughness on the reflection of gold films in the region of surface plasmon excitation

The reflection (R) of light at rough gold films has been measured in the region of surface plasmon (SP) excitation and compared with a smooth gold film. The SP resonance minima are shifted to larger wavevectors and their halfwidth is enlarged with increasing surface roughness. Different positions of the reflection minima were observed measuring R(Θ) at constant wavelength λ, and measuring R(λ) at constant angle of incidence Θ. The calculated values prove this observation.     

A facile high‐performance SERS substrate based on broadband near‐perfect optical absorption

Plasmonic systems based on metal nanoparticles on a metal film with high optical absorption have generated great interests for surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). In this study, we prepare a broadband‐visible light absorber consisting Au nanotriangles on the surface of a continuous optically opaque gold film separated with a dielectric SiO₂ layer, which is a typical metal‐insulator‐metal (MIM) system, and demonstrate it as an efficient SERS substrate. The MIM nanostructure, prepared using nanosphere lithography with a very large area, shows a broadband with absorption exceeding 90% in the wavelength regime of 630–920 nm. We observe an average SERS enhancement factor (EF) as large as 4.9 × 10⁶ with a 22‐fold increase compared to a single layer of Au nanotriangles directly on a quartz substrate. A maximum SERS EF can be achieved by optimizing the thicknesses of the dielectric layer to control the optical absorption. Owing to the simple, productive, and inexpensive fabrication technique, our MIM nanostructure could be a potential candidate for SERS applications. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Laser optoacoustic spectroscopy of gold nanorods within a highly scattering medium

We describe a spectroscopic comparative analysis based on the optoacoustic technique over the wavelength range from 410nm to 1000nm using a Q-switched Nd:YAG pumped optical parametric oscillator tunable source on a gold nanostructure solution located within a highly scattering medium. The advantages of this method over standard spectroscopy techniques are the possibility to localize and monitor the spectroscopic response of absorbing materials located within turbid media. The operation is confirmed using a comparative analysis with the spectroscopic results obtained from a reference measurement scheme, based on a highly sensitive collimated optical transmission setup in parallel and under the same experimental conditions as the optoacoustic technique.     

空间分辨光谱和可见/近红外光谱的番茄颜色等级判别

比较分析空间分辨光谱和单点可见/近红外光谱（可见/短波近红外光谱和中波近红外光谱）对番茄颜色的识别能力。根据番茄表面和内部颜色将600个样品分为6个等级（green, breaker, turning, pink, light red和red）。分别利用新型空间分辨光谱系统（550~1 650 nm）,可见/短波近红外光谱仪（400~1 100 nm）和中波近红外光谱仪（900~1 700 nm）采集番茄的空间分辨（spatially-resolved, SR）光谱和单点可见/近红外（SP Vis/NIR）光谱,建立番茄等级的偏最小二乘判别（PLSDA）模型,比较其对番茄颜色等级的预测效果。结果表明, SR光谱组合可在最佳单一SR光谱基础上进一步提高番茄颜色的识别能力,对番茄表面颜色和内部颜色的识别率可分别达到98.8%和84.6%。光源-检测器距离较近的SR光谱对番茄表面颜色的识别有帮助,而光源-检测器距离较远的SR光谱能较好的判别番茄内部颜色。SP NIR光谱在对番茄表面颜色判别中与SR光谱具有一定可比性,其分类准确率可达到95%,但SP Vis/NIR光谱在对番茄内部颜色识别中具有较低的分类准确率,分类结果远不如SR光谱,说明SR光谱比SP Vis/NIR光谱对番茄颜色的判别更具潜力。     

Portable smart films for ultrasensitive detection and chemical analysis using SERS and SERRS

Metallic nanostructures, much smaller than the wavelength of visible light, which support localized surface plasmon resonances, are central to the giant signal enhancement achieved in surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and surface‐enhanced resonance Raman scattering (SERRS). Plasmonic driven SERS and SERRS is a powerful analytical tool for ultrasensitive detection down to single molecule detection. For all practical SERS applications a key issue is the development of reproducible and portable SERS‐active substrates, where the most widely used metals for nanostructure fabrication are silver and gold. Here, we report the fabrication of a ‘smart film’, containing gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), produced by in situ reduction of gold chloride III (Au⁺³) in natural rubber (NR) membranes for SERS and SERRS applications. The composite films (NR/AuNP membranes) show characteristic plasmon absorption of Au nanostructures, which notably do not influence the mechanical properties of the NR membranes. The term ‘smart film’ has to do with the fact that the SERS substrate (smart film) is flexible and standalone, which allows one to take it anywhere and to dip it into solutions containing the analyte to be characterized by SERS or SERRS technique. Besides, the synthesis of the AuNPs at the surface of NR films is much simpler than making an Au colloid and cast it onto a substrate surface or preparing an Au evaporated film. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Design and optimization of nano-column array based surface plasmon resonance sensor

In this paper, a surface plasmon resonance fiber sensor based on gold nano-column array instead of gold film is designed and optimized. The finite element method is used to optimize the diameter of the nano-gold column under the consideration of figure of merit, which relates to the sensitivity, resonance wavelength and resonance intensity. The optimized sensor has 70 nm gold nano-column coated on a side polished single mode fiber. The results show that the average sensitivity reaches 5318 nm/RIU when the environmental refractive index changing from 1.33 to 1.39 RIU, which is much higher than those in the conventional surface plasmon resonance structure. The optimizes design will serve a vital foundation to the fabrication of high performance fiber optic surface plasmon resonance sensors based on nano metallic structure.     

Separating spins by dwell time of electrons across parallel double δ-magnetic-barrier nanostructure applied by bias

The dwell time and spin polarization(SP)of electrons tunneling through a parallel doubleδ-magnetic-barrier nanostructure in the presence of a bias voltage is studied theoretically in this work.This nanostructure can be constructed by patterning two asymmetric ferromagnetic stripes on the top and bottom of InAs/AlxIn1-xAs heterostructure,respectively.An evident SP effect remains after a bias voltage is applied to the nanostructure.Moreover,both magnitude and sign of spin-polarized dwell time can be manipulated by properly changing the bias voltage,which may result in an electrically-tunable temporal spin splitter for spintronics device applications.     

Comparison of two-dimensional periodic arrays of convex and concave nanostructures for efficient SERS templates

We describe the optical power enhancement on the surface of the 2D (two-dimensional) periodic arrays of convex and concave gold nanostructures for comparing the characteristics of the nanostructures for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) templates. The optical power enhancement is due to the surface plasmon polaritons, which is calculated by the Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method at commercially-available 532 nm pump light. A periodic array of closely-packed gold particles is defined as convex nanostructure, while a periodic array of hemispherical holes, or voids, on gold substrate is defined as concave nanostructure. The peak power enhancement factor, the average power enhancement factor and the activity rate of each structure were compared. The convex nanostructures show a strong enhancement factor in localized hotspots, while the concave nanostructures show not only the peak power enhancement factor comparable to that of convex nanostructures, but also higher spatially-averaged power enhancement factors and activity rates than those observed on the convex nanostructures, meaning that the highly enhanced near-field zone distributes densely on the substrate. We also revealed the dependence of the void diameter on the inter-void distance for the power enhancement in the concave nanostructures system, providing a guideline for the fabrication of the efficient SERS template, which shows a strong power enhancement factor with a high area density.     

金微纳阵列表面等离激元中红外波段光谱特性

表面等离激元是金属表面自由电子在入射光激发下产生的电子集体振荡行为及其相应的电磁场分布。目前，金微纳颗粒表面等离激元除了在可见光波段内被大量研究和应用外，在中红外波段内也显示出独特的光谱特性，具备设计生产优良传感器的潜力，因而同样备受瞩目。研究表明，在中红外波段内设计表面等离激元传感器的关键问题在于如何有效地调节共振谱的共振波长、峰值吸收率以及半峰宽等主要特征参数。相比于单个微纳颗粒而言，阵列结构由于拥有良好的周期性，从而能够在上述参数的宽光谱调节方面具有独特的优势。基于此，提出一种基于金微纳颗粒组成的阵列结构，利用时域有限差分方法，在4～18 μm波段范围内，通过分别改变该阵列的结构参数，包括颗粒半径、高度、间距及颗粒形状等，系统地研究了该微纳阵列结构在中红外波段对入射光的反射光谱、透射光谱和吸收光谱等特性的影响。研究发现，在8～10 μm光谱内，入射光能够与其所激发的金微纳阵列表面等离激元产生共振效应，表现出明显的共振峰特性。可以通过分别改变上述结构参数来有效调节吸收率谱线共振峰的共振波长、峰值吸收率和半峰宽等主要特征参数。研究结果对中红外光谱内基于金微纳阵列结构传感器的科学研究和实际设计具有独特的理论应用价值。     

Surface roughness assisted 100 kHz femtosecond laser induced nanostructure formation on silicon surface

Spontaneous nanostructure formations on roughened and smooth silicon surface by the femtosecond laser irradiation with the repetition rate of 100 kHz were systematically studied. In addition to the widely accepted so-called coarse ripple, which has the period analogous to the wavelength of the laser beam and aligns perpendicularly to the electric field of the incident laser beam, the ripple which has the period similar to the wavelength of the incident laser beam but aligns parallel to the electric field of the laser beam was observed on the roughened surface for the lower fluence and the higher number of pulse irradiation. Furthermore, the ensemble of dots formed by the enhancement of the local electric field was found on the roughened surface. This structure is preferentially formed around the scratches aligned perpendicularly to the electric field of the laser beam. These novel nanostructures are considered to be peculiar to the femtosecond laser irradiation and open the possibilities for precise control of the spontaneous nanostructure formation by femtosecond laser irradiation.     

Application of Ru(bpy)3 in control and formation of gold surface nanostructure through oxidation-reduction cycling

It was studied that the nanostructure formed on a gold surface via a simple oxidation-reduction cycles (ORC) in 0.1 M KCl containing Ru(bpy)₃²⁺ with different concentrations. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) and energy-dispersed spectroscopy (EDS) were used to characterize the nanostructure formed on the gold surface. Sweep-step voltammetry and corresponding electroluminescence (ECL) response, in situ electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (EQCM) measurement were used to monitor the ORC procedure. It was found that the surface structure became more uniform in the presence of Ru(bpy)₃²⁺, and the surface roughness was decreasing with the increasing of Ru(bpy)₃²⁺ concentration, suggesting a simple and effective method to control the formation of nanostructure on the gold surface.     

Experimental study of unidirectional excitation of SPPs by binary area-coded nanohole arrays

We present an experimental study on a unidirectional surface plasmon polariton （SPP） launcher based on a compact binary area-coded nanohole array, where the symmetry breaking is realized via effective-index modulation in the binary pattern of the gold film, thus avoiding the challenge of modulating nanostructure in its depth. It is shown that SPPs can be unidirectionally and effectively excited at normal incidence. The SPP intensity and asymmetric excitation ratio, which are two key figure-of-merits of SPP launchers, can be improved by increasing the number of array rows. The proposed device is compatible with most mature top-town nanofabrieation techniques and thus is perspective for low-cost mass production.     

Production of nanostructures on bulk metal samples by laser ablation for fabrication of low-reflective surfaces

Nanostructure formation on bulk noble metals (copper, gold and silver) by a femtosecond laser was studied aiming at the production of low-reflectivity surfaces. The target surface was irradiated with the beam of a 775 nm wavelength and 150 fs pulse duration Ti:sapphire laser. The fluence was in the 16–2000 mJ/cm² range, while the average pulse number was varied between 10 and 1000 depending on the scanning speed of the sample stage. The reflectivity of the treated surfaces was measured with a visible–near-infrared microspectrometer in the 450–800 nm range, while the morphology was studied with a scanning electron microscope. A strong correlation was found between the decreasing reflectivity and the nanostructure formation on the irradiated surface; however, the morphology of silver significantly differed from those of copper and gold. For the two latter metals a dense coral-like structure was found probably as a result of cluster condensation in the ablation plume followed by diffusion-limited aggregation. In the case of silver the surface was covered by nanodroplets, which formation was probably influenced by the ‘spitting’ caused by ambient oxygen absorption in the molten silver followed by its fast release during the resolidification.     

金属膜层对光纤表面等离子传感器的影响研究

采用SG-12SA作为镀膜设备, 研究了当金膜厚度相同的情况下, 光纤表面等离子体波传感器在有粘结层和无粘结层时的光谱特性; 当粘结层厚度相同时, 光纤表面等离子体波传感器对应不同金膜厚度的光谱特性。结果表明：对镀有同样金膜厚度的光纤表面等离子体波传感器, 纤芯与金膜之间有粘结层相对于无粘结层, 共振波长出现红移, 且共振深度减小; 对镀有同样粘结层厚度的光纤表面等离子体波传感器, 随着金膜厚度的增加, 共振波长亦逐渐发生红移。这些研究成果为以后研制性能优良的光纤传感器提供了参考, 同时为在直径为微米级的三维圆柱面上镀膜提供一定的指导意义。     

Localized surface plasmon polaritons and nonlinear overcoming of the diffraction optical limit

Experimental results on the formation of ordered structures on the surface and in the near-surface layer of condensed media under the action of linearly polarized laser radiation pulses are analyzed. The formation of subdiffraction nanostructure gratings with anomalous orientation is discussed in the context of the universal polariton model. A physical model of the formation of anomalous structure gratings with periods much less than the laser radiation wavelength is proposed and experimentally verified. The model is based on excitation and mutual interference of channel (wedge) surface plasmon polaritons.     

等离子体增强InAs单量子点荧光辐射的研究

通过测量光致发光(PL)谱、PL时间分辨光谱及不同激发功率下PL发光强度,研究了低温(5 K)下等离子体对InAs单量子点PL光谱的增强效应.采用电子束蒸发镀膜技术在InAs量子点样品表面淀积了5 nm厚度的金膜,形成纳米金岛膜结构.实验发现,金岛膜有利于量子点样品发光强度的增加,最大PL强度增加了约5倍,其主要物理机理是金岛膜纳米结构提高了量子点PL光谱的收集效率.     

Studies of structural, third order nonlinear optical and laser damage threshold properties of diethylammonium p-hydroxybenzoate single crystal

We demonstrate for first time the ultrafast properties of a newly formed porous Au nanostructure. The properties of the porous nanostructure are compared with those of a solid gold film using time-resolved optical spectroscopy. The experiments suggest that under the same excitation conditions the relaxation dynamics are slower in the former. Our observations are evaluated by simulations based on a phenomenological rate equation model. The impeded dynamics has been attributed to the porous nature of the structure in the networks, which results in reduced efficiency during the dissipation of the laser-deposited energy. Importantly, the porosity of the complex three-dimensional nanostructure is introduced as a geometrical control parameter of its ultrafast electron transport.     

Characteristics and mechanism analysis of Fano resonances in Π-shaped gold nano-trimer

Fano interference of metallic nanostructure is an effective way to reduce the irradiation loss and improve the spectral resolution. A Π-shaped gold nano-trimer, which is composed of a gold nanorod and two gold nanorices, is presented to investigate the properties of Fano resonances in the visible spectrum by using the finite element method(FEM). The theoretical analysis demonstrates that the Fano resonance of the Π-shaped gold nano-trimer is attributed to the near-field interaction between the bright mode of the nanorice pair and the dark quadrupole mode of the nanorod. Furthermore, by breaking the geometric symmetry of the nanostructure the line-shape spectrum with double Fano resonances of Π-shaped gold nano-trimer is obtained and exhibits structure-dependent and medium-dependent characteristics. It is a helpful strategy to design a plasmonic nanostructure for implementing multiple Fano resonances in practical applications.     

Effect of aspect ratio on the inter-surface plasmonic coupling of tubular gold nanoparticle

A theoretical study based on discrete dipole approximation (DDA) and coupling effect is presented on the tunable transverse surface plasmon resonance (SPR) in a gold nanotube with varying aspect ratio (AR). Because gold nanotube has the shape features from both rod and shell, both the AR and wall thickness can greatly affect the transverse SPR. It is observed that the maximum red shift can be obtained with small wall thickness and AR. By calculating the local field distribution, the physical mechanism of this multi shape factors controlled plasmon shifting has been illustrated by the coulombic interaction from the charges at the interfaces of gold nanotube. This study indicates that finding the surface charge distribution by calculating the local electric field can be used as an effective method to analyze the plasmonic characters in complicated metallic nanostructure.