金-银纳米棒异质二聚体的Fano共振及其传感性质研究

本文我们通过有限时域差分法模拟研究了金-银纳米棒异质二聚体的光学等离子体耦合。在消光谱中,发现较短的银纳米棒产生的偶极明模式和较长的金纳米棒产生的四极暗模式产生了干涉相消耦合,从而出现了Fano共振。通过改变金属纳米棒的长度、距离和周围环境可以调控Fano共振的共振波长和强度。金-银纳米棒异质二聚体对周围环境变化具有较高的灵敏度,其品质因数大于8.5。由于金银异质体有比较好的抗腐蚀性和比较低的生物毒性,这使得它有望成为新一代基于表面等离子体Fano共振的生物传感器和分子探测器。     

Deep-ultraviolet surface plasmon resonance of Al and Al_(core)/Al_2O_(3shell) nanosphere dimers for surface-enhanced spectroscopy

The localized surface plasmon resonance properties of Al and Alcore/Al2O3 shell nanosphere dimers with Al and Al core nanosphere radii of 20 nm and Al2O3 shell of 2 nm in the deep-ultraviolet region have been studied using the finite difference time domain method. The extinction spectra and the electric field distribution profiles of the two dimers for various gap distances between two individual nanospheres are compared with those of the corresponding monomers to reveal the extent of plasmon coupling. It is found that with the interparticle distance decreasing, a strong plasmon coupling between two Al or Alcore/Al2O3 shell nanospheres is observed accompanied by a significant red shift in the extinction spectra at the parallel polarization direction of the incident light related to the dimer axis, while for the case of the perpendicular polarization direction, a weak plasmon coupling arises characterized by a slight blue shift in the extinction spectra. The electric field distribution profiles show that benefiting from the dielectric Al2O3 shell, the gap distance of Alcore/Al2O3 shell nanosphere dimers can be tailored to < 1 nm scale and results in a very high electric field enhancement. The estimated surface-enhanced Raman scattering enhancement factors suggests that the Alcore/Al2O3 shell nanosphere dimers with the gap of < 1 nm gave rise to an enhancement as high as 8.1 × 107 for interparticle gap = 0.5 nm. Our studies reveal that the Alcore/Al2O3 shell nanosphere dimers may be promising substrates for surface-enhanced spectroscopy in the deep-ultraviolet region.     

Transparent Ni^2＋-Doped MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 Glass Ceramics with Broadband Infrared Luminescence

We report on transparent Ni^2＋-doped MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 glass ceramics with broadband infrared luminescence. Ni^2＋-doped MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 glass is prepared by using the conventional method. After heat treatment at high temperature, MgAl2O4 crystallites are precipitated, and their average size is about 4.3 nm. No luminescence is detected in the as-prepared glass sample, while broadband infrared luminescence centred at around 1315 nm with full width at half maximum （FWHM） of about 300 nm is observed from the glass ceramics. The observed infrared emission could be attributed to the ^3T2g（^3F）→^3A2g（^3F） transition of octahedral Ni^2＋ ions in the MgAl2O4 crystallites of the transparent glass ceramics. The product of the fluorescence lifetime and the stimulated emission cross section is about 1.6×10^-24 s cm^2.     

金纳米棒二聚体结构的Fano共振

等离激元金属纳米结构中的Fano共振，由于其在超灵敏传感、超材料、光开关和非线性光学器件等方面的潜在应用而引起了广泛的关注。但在单颗粒尺度下单个金属纳米二聚体结构的Fano共振的实验研究仍然很少。本研究基于单颗粒光谱技术从实验上探讨了二聚体结构产生的Fano共振现象。利用种子生长法制备了等离激元共振峰分别在1 060 nm和700 nm的一长一短金纳米棒，通过L-半胱氨酸分子的静电吸附自组装构建首尾相连的金纳米棒二聚体结构，在暗场显微系统中表征了金纳米棒二聚体耦合前后的散射光谱。结果表明，短金纳米棒的明偶极模式与长金纳米棒的暗四极模式间的相消干涉在660 nm处产生了明显的Fano共振谷，同时基于有限差分时域（FDTD）方法的理论模拟散射光谱与实验结果能够较好地符合。这种自组装金纳米棒二聚体在等离激元传感和探测等方面具有广阔的应用前景。     

Broadband Near-Infrared Emission from Transparent Ni^2＋ -Doped Sodium Aluminosilicate Glass Ceramics

Broadband near-infrared emission from transparent Ni^2＋-doped sodium aluminosilicate glass-ceramics is observed. The broad emission is centred at 1290nm and covers the whole telecommunication wavelength region （1100- 1700hm） with full width at half maximum of about 340hm. The observed infrared emission could be attributed to the 3T2（F） → 3A2（F） transition of octahedral Ni^2＋ ions that occupy high-field sites in nanocrystals. The product of the lifetime and the stimulated emission cross section is 2.15 × 10^-24 cm^2s. It is suggested that Ni^2＋- doped sodium aluminosilicate glass ceramics have potential applications in tunable broadband light sources and broadband amplifiers.