基于金银合金薄膜的近红外表面等离子体共振传感器研究

利用淀积在玻璃衬底上的金银合金薄膜作为表面等离子体共振(SPR)芯片, 构建了Kretschmann结构的近红外波长检测型SPR传感器. 采用不同浓度的葡萄糖水溶液测试了金银合金薄膜SPR传感器的折射率灵敏度. 实验结果表明随着入射角从7.5°增大到 9.5°, SPR吸收峰的半高峰宽从292.8 nm 减小到 131.4 nm, 共振波长从 1215 nm蓝移到 767.7 nm, 折射率灵敏度从35648.3 nm/RIU 减小到 9363.6 nm/RIU.在相同的初始共振波长(λ_R)下获得的金银合金薄膜SPR折射率灵敏度高于纯金膜(纯金膜在λ_R=1215 nm下的折射率灵敏度为29793.9 nm/RIU). 利用1 μmol/L的牛血清蛋白(BSA)水溶液测试了传感器对蛋白质吸附的响应.结果表明, BSA分子吸附使得金银合金薄膜SPR吸收峰红移了12.1 nm而纯金膜SPR吸收峰仅红移了9.5 nm. 实验结果还表明, 在相同λ_R下, 金银合金薄膜SPR吸收峰的半高峰宽大于纯金膜的半高峰宽, 因此其光谱分辨率比纯金膜SPR传感器低. 关键词： 金银合金薄膜 表面等离子体共振 波长检测型 高灵敏度     

表面等离子体共振与表面增强拉曼散射相关性研究

本实验利用实验室搭建的SPR-SERS显微拉曼光谱仪同时检测了吸附在40 nm银膜上的4-amin-othiophenol(4-ATP)自组装膜的表面等离子体共振(Surface Plasmon Resonance,简称SPR)消光谱及表面增强拉曼散射(Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering,简称SERS)光谱,研究了两者之间的相关性。实验发现随着SPR吸收的增强,SERS强度也急剧增强,在SPR共振角附近SERS强度是远离共振角处的20多倍。因此在共振角附近能够极大的提高SERS的检测灵敏度并扩展SERS的应用。     

氧化钛薄膜调控金属铜的表面等离子体共振特性研究

提出了一种利用氧化钛薄膜对金属铜薄膜表面等离子体共振特性调制的想法。实验中首先使用电子束蒸发制备一批同等厚度的氧化钛薄膜,再利用磁控溅射方法在氧化钛薄膜上沉积厚度为5～80 nm不等的金属铜薄膜。测试结果表明,氧化钛膜层对不同厚度的金属铜薄膜表面等离子体共振增强具有不同调制效果,金属铜薄膜厚度小于20 nm时,底层的氧化钛薄膜对Cu薄膜表面等离子体共振增强效果显著,且随着金属Cu膜层厚度增加表面等离子体共振峰发生蓝移,而当金属铜膜层的厚度超过20 nm时,共振增强效果因金属Cu薄膜消光能力的上升而开始减弱。     

表面等离子体波传感器角度敏感特性的研究

研究了表面等离子体波共振(SPR)光谱对入射光角度变化的敏感特性,提出了对共振波长和共振强度进行双参数检测的方法。理论分析和实验表明,共振波长和共振强度同时对入射角度的微小改变非常敏感,且相互之间具有良好的对应关系。通过选择合适的棱镜、金属薄膜、调制层等结构参数,能有效地调整角度敏感的范围和灵敏度。     

长程表面等离子体的增强效应

研究了双层金属薄膜构型中构型参数对长程表面等离子体的影响,并发现了衰减全反射激发方法下长程表面等离子体的增强效应.以特征矩阵算法为基础,通过数值计算构型的反射谱,研究构型参数的变化对反射谱的影响.发现由于衰减全反射激发方法中耦合器的存在导致的非对称特性,会使双层金属薄膜构型中的长程表面等离子体拥有本征模式特性以外的有趣特性,如长程模式得到增强而另一支受到抑制,从而使能量更为集中在希望被激发的一支.研究结果对非对称激发构型中的长程表面等离子体研究具有启发意义.     

表面等离子体激元共振溶胶-凝胶薄膜传感器

采用溶胶－凝胶金属氧化物半导体薄膜,作为表面等离子体激元共振效应的光化学传感器的传感介质。分析了金属Ag膜与传感薄膜的光学参数对传感器灵敏度的影响。通过在金属层与传感层之间优化设计中间层,进一步提高了传感器灵敏度。选择SnO2薄膜及SiO2薄膜作为传感层与中间层,对三种气体NH3、C2H5OH、C3H8进行气敏实验,结果表明结构优化的传感器具有更高的灵敏度。     

电容器薄膜等离子体表面改性实验研究

 建立了一套辉光放电等离子体对电容器薄膜进行表面处理的装置。采用N₂，O₂及Ar三种气体对聚丙烯、聚酯和聚苯硫醚膜进行了表面处理。红外光谱分析表明:薄膜表面的生成物与薄膜种类、气体种类和处理强度密切相关。场扫描电镜显示了薄膜表面的刻蚀现象明显。处理过的薄膜，非晶相被去除，球晶暴露。能谱分析说明了薄膜中C元素下降，N，O元素增加，但总体改变量很小。处理前后薄膜的直流击穿电压没有明显改变，但刻蚀过程造成的薄膜表面粗化可帮助电容器的浸渍过程更充分，从而可提高电容器的使用场强与储能密度。     

聚合物波导型表面等离子体共振传感器的特性研究

基于表面等离子体共振理论,将SU-8作为波导芯层材料,以聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)为下包层材料,设计了一款聚合物波导型SPR传感器。理论计算了波导芯层折射率、被测物折射率、不同金属薄膜及其厚度等因素对表面等离子体共振曲线的影响。分析结果表明,在可测试范围内,被测物折射率越大,灵敏度越高;波导芯层折射率减小,共振峰向长波方向移动,被测物检测范围整体向折射率小的方向偏移,波导芯层折射率增大则相反。     

电容器薄膜等离子体表面改性实验研究

建立了一套辉光放电等离子体对电容器薄膜进行表面处理的装置。采用N2,O2及Ar三种气体对聚丙烯、聚酯和聚苯硫醚膜进行了表面处理。红外光谱分析表明:薄膜表面的生成物与薄膜种类、气体种类和处理强度密切相关。场扫描电镜显示了薄膜表面的刻蚀现象明显。处理过的薄膜,非晶相被去除,球晶暴露。能谱分析说明了薄膜中C元素下降,N,O元素增加,但总体改变量很小。处理前后薄膜的直流击穿电压没有明显改变,但刻蚀过程造成的薄膜表面粗化可帮助电容器的浸渍过程更充分,从而可提高电容器的使用场强与储能密度。     

胶体金纳米颗粒的表面等离子体发射特性

利用电化学方法制备出粒径为20-80 nm的胶体金纳米颗粒。研究其荧光发射光谱特性,在485nm处观察到表面自由电子集体激发导致的表面等离子体共振发射峰,其位置不随激励光波长的变化而移动。当激励光波长为485 nm时,观察到最强的发射峰。在240和640 nm处,还观察到倍频发射峰和3/4分频发射峰。增加金纳米颗粒粒径,观察到发射谱的峰值增大而发射峰的位置只有很小的红移。     

Low-cost,high performance surface plasmon resonance-compatible films characterized by the surface plasmon resonance technique

A new analytical method based on the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) technique is presented, with which SPR curves for both wavelength and angular modulations can be obtained simultaneously via only a single scan of the incident angle. Using this method, the SPR responses of TiO2-coated Cu films are characterized in the wavelength range from 600 nm to 900 nm. For the first time, we determine the effective optical constants and the thicknesses of TiO2-coated Cu films using the SPR curves of wavelength modulation. The sensitivities of prism-based SPR refractive index sensors using TiO2-coated Cu films are investigated theoretically for both wavelength and angular modulations, the results show that in the case of sensitivity with wavelength modulation, TiO2-coated Cu films are not as good as the Au film, however, they are more suitable than the Au film for SPR refractive index sensors with angular modulation because a higher sensitivity can be achieved.     

Enhanced optical absorption by Ag nanoparticles in a thin film Si solar cell

Thin film solar cells have the potential to significantly reduce the cost of photovoltaics. Light trapping is crucial to such a thin film silicon solar cell because of a low absorption coefficient due to its indirect band gap. In this paper, we investigate the suitability of surface plasmon resonance Ag nanoparticles for enhancing optical absorption in the thin film solar cell. For evaluating the transmittance capability of Ag nanoparticles and the conventional antireflection film, an enhanced transmittance factor is introduced. We find that under the solar spectrum AM1.5, the transmittance of Ag nanoparticles with radius over 160 nm is equivalent to that of conventional textured antireflection film, and its effect is better than that of the planar antireflection film. The influence of the surrounding medium is also discussed.     

表面等离子共振金/钯复合膜氢敏传感器

提出了一种新颖的钯(Pd)/金(Au)复合膜表面等离子共振氢敏结构,与单一Pd膜氢敏传感器相比,具有可靠性好、灵敏度高和响应度大等特点。利用表面等离子共振理论建立了Au/Pd复合膜氢敏传感器的数学模型,并对Au/Pd复合膜氢敏传感器的灵敏度进行了数值模拟。数值模拟结果表明:基于Au(2nm)/Pd(20nm)复合膜氢敏传感器所获得的最佳灵敏度比单一Pd(20nm)膜氢敏传感器提高了49 4%。     

Selective Purcell enhancement of defect emission in ZnO thin films

A zinc interstitial defect present but unobservable in ZnO thin films annealed at 500 °C in oxygen or in atmosphere was selectively detected by interaction of the film with an Ag surface-plasmon polariton. The time-dependent differential reflectivity of the ZnO near the ZnO/MgO interface exhibited a subpicosecond decay followed by a several nanosecond recovery, consistent with the Purcell-enhanced Zn interstitial luminescence seen in Ag-ZnO heterostructures. Heterostructures annealed at other temperatures showed significantly greater band-edge photoluminescence and no evidence of the Zn interstitial defect.     

Boron doped ZnO thin films fabricated by RF-magnetron sputtering

By using the radio frequency-magnetron sputtering (RF-MS) method, both pure ZnO and boron doped ZnO (ZnO:B) thin films were deposited on glass substrates at ambient temperature and then annealed at 450 °C for 2 h in air. It is found that both ZnO and ZnO:B thin films have wurtzite structure of ZnO with (0 0 2) preferred orientation and high average optical transmission (≥80%). Compared with the resistivity of 6.3 × 10² Ω cm for ZnO film, both as-deposited and annealed ZnO:B films exhibit much lower resistivity of 9.2 × 10⁻³ Ω cm and 7.5 × 10⁻³ Ω cm, respectively, due to increase in the carrier concentration. Furthermore, the optical band gaps of 3.38 eV and 3.42 eV for as-deposited and annealed ZnO:B films are broader than that of 3.35 eV for ZnO film. The first-principles calculations show that in ZnO:B thin films not only the band gap becomes narrower but also the Fermi level shifts up into the conduction band with respect to the pure ZnO film. These are consistent with their lower resistivities and suggest that in the process of annealing some substituted B in the lattice change into interstitial B because of its smaller ion radius and this transformation widens the optical band gap of ZnO:B thin film.     

Photoluminescence enhancement from hybrid structures of metallic single-walled carbon nanotube/ZnO films

We investigated the dependence of localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) coupled photoluminescence (PL) emission on the density of a metallic single-walled carbon nanotube (m-SWCNT). The m-SWCNTs of various densities were deposited on top of ZnO films by spin coating and filtration transfer method to form the hybrid structures. We observed PL enhancement from ZnO films deposited with spin coated m-SWCNT, comparing with pure ZnO film. The m-SWCNT acts as absorbers for the light emitted due to SPR. After resonant excitation, hot electrons in m-SWCNT are created in high energy states, which can then transfer from the m-SWCNT to the conduction band of the ZnO films. We discuss the relationship between the hot electron flow generated by internal photoemission and LSPR.     

表面等离子体增强氧化锌纳米带发光特性的研究

利用简单的化学气相沉积方法在低温下高产量地合成了ZnO纳米带, 并利用磁控溅射对样品进行表面修饰, 制备了Au-ZnO复合纳米带. 通过扫描电镜、透射电镜及微区拉曼等手段系统地研究了表面修饰对ZnO 纳米材料发光性能的影响.结果表明, 在ZnO纳米带上溅射Au纳米颗粒, 可有效增强其近带边发光并使可见发光强度发生淬灭, 从而增强ZnO纳米带的发光性能. ZnO纳米带发光增强因子η最大可达到85倍. 基于Au纳米颗粒的散射、吸收、Purcell增强因子, 以及Ostwald熟化理论, 又进一步探讨了Au-ZnO复合材料的发光机制. 采用表面等离子体耦合的方法可以有效地提高光电半导体器件的发光效率. 关键词： 表面等离体子 光致发光 氧化锌     

激励表面等离子共振的金属薄膜最佳厚度分析

根据电磁场在金属薄膜中的能量分布规律和金属薄膜具有复介电常数的特点,对激励表面等离子共振的金属薄膜的最佳厚度进行了探讨. 指出金属薄膜的最佳厚度与激励光波长和金属薄膜的折射率有关,建立了描述它们之间关系的数学表达式,并用实验方法进行验证. 将理论结果与他人的测量结果进行对比后发现,两者符合较好. 研究结果表明：在角度调制下的表面等离子共振传感器,为了获得更高的灵敏度,可根据激励光波长和金属薄膜折射率的虚部确定所要制备金属薄膜的最佳厚度;在波长调制下,则由中心波长和折射率的虚部确定金属薄膜的最适宜使用厚度. 关键词： 折射率 金属薄膜 全内反射 表面等离子共振     

Temperature dependence of excitonic luminescence from nanocrystalline ZnO films

The properties of the excitonic luminescence for nanocrystalline ZnO thin films are investigated by using the dependence of excitonic photoluminescence (PL) spectra on temperature. The ZnO thin films are prepared by thermal oxidation of ZnS films prepared by low-pressure metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (LP-MOCVD) technique. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) indicates that ZnO thin films have a polycrystalline hexagonal wurtzite structure with a preferred (0 0 2) orientation. A strong ultraviolet (UV) emission peak at 3.26 eV is observed, while the deep-level emission band is barely observable at room temperature. The strength of the exciton-longitudinal-optical (LO) phonon coupling is deduced from the temperature dependence of the full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) of the fundamental excitonic peak, decrease in exciton-longitudinal-optical (LO) phonon coupling strength is due to the quantum confinement effect.     

二维亚波长金属小孔阵列的透射光增强效应

对金属薄膜上的二维亚波长小孔阵列的光透射增强现象进行了数值模拟，结果显示不仅实际金属薄膜上的小孔阵列结构具有透射增强效应，理想导体薄膜的相同结构也具有透射增强效应，但没有实际金属薄膜的增强明显-通过分析指出，这种小孔阵列的光透射增强效应是一种复杂的波导耦合效应-与金属薄膜上的表面电流一样，表面等离激元波具有将入射光能量从金属表面向小孔转移的作用，但不是透射增强的本质原因- 关键词： 表面电流 共振耦合 透射增强 表面等离激元