基于银膜孔阵列超强透射效应的相敏表面等离子体共振传感器的仿真研究

A high spatial resolution, phase-sensitive Surface Plasmon Resonance（SPR） sensor based on Extraordinary Optical Transmission （EOT） is proposed to monitor the binding of organic and biological molecules to the silver surface. The 2D nanohole-array configuration is well suited ~br dense integration in a sensor chip. The optical geomeWy is collinear, which simplifies the alignment with respect to the traditional Kretschmann arrangement for SPR sensing. Various design parameters of the device have been studied by simulation. The heterodyne technique is used to improve the sensitivity. The optimization results indicate that the sensor has the advantages of achieving high resolution and a wide dynamic range simuhaneously.     

金属光子晶体平板的超强透射及其表面等离子体共振

用全矢量的三维有限差分时域(finite-difference time-domain,简称FDTD)方法,研究了正方形单元结构金属光子晶体平板的增强传输效应以及局域性表面等离子体共振现象.这种增强效应来自于两个不同的等离子体共振机制：由长方形空气孔形成的局域波导共振以及由周期性结构引起的光子晶体共振效应.对于由长方形空气孔形成的局域波导共振模式,其等离子体波全部局域在整个长方形空气孔区域中.而由周期性引起的共振模式,其频率随着金属平板表面周期性的变化而变化,相应的等离子体波分布在长方形空气孔区域的两端.产生的表面等离子体都局域在长方形空气孔区域中,电场强度得到了显著的增强. 关键词： 光子晶体 金属平板 超强透射 表面等离子体     

表面等离子体波在金属纳米缝超强透射中的作用(英文)

A single metallic nanoslit is employed for investigating the contribution of Surface Plasmon Polaritons(SPPs) to Extraordinary Optical Transmission(EOT) based on rigorous electromagnetic theory and the Spectrum Analysis Method(SAM). Numerical results shows that the SPP is the main factor responsible for the EOT, and a phase singularity is observed.     

表面等离子体共振传感器的零角位置自动校准

基于角度扫描的表面等离子体共振(SPR)传感器,装置简单、容易实现、性能稳定,其测量精度由角度测量精度决定。提出了一种基于激光自混合干涉效应的零角位置自动校准方法,主要用于角度扫描的表面等离子体共振传感器零角位置的自动校准。这种方法克服了人眼观察时用自准直法难以判断两光点是否完全重合的缺点,其精度可满足实验要求。     

基于表面等离子体耦合的高密度金纳米线阵列

利用电化学沉积法在阳极氧化铝模板中制备了高长径比(20—100)金纳米线阵列,并用扫描俄歇电子显微镜对其结构进行了表征.紫外可见吸收光谱显示金纳米线的表面等离子共振包含横向吸收峰(transverse mode)和纵向吸收峰(longitudinal mode),具有很强的各向异性特征.纵向吸收峰的强度与入射光的偏振方向和入射角度有关,随着长径比的增加纵向吸收峰位置向高能方向移动.将纳米线之间的表面等离子体能量耦合与分子H聚合体的吸收光谱行为做了比较,认为相邻纳米线间的多重耦合使纵向吸收峰出现蓝移.利用有限元分析法模拟了电场在纳米线阵列和单根纳米线表面的不同分布.     

基于亚微米尺度干涉阵列的超小型高分辨光谱仪(英文)

We present an ultra compact and high resolution free space optical spectrometer and demonstrate it by using FDTD simulations. The miniature interferometer-based speetrometer is a series of submicron phase objects on a polymethyl methacrylate（PMMA） film with a CCD as the detector. The speetrum is obtained by solving a system of simultaneous linear equations. The Tikhonov regularization method is used to achieve a resolution at the picometer level. Compared with conventional speetrometers, the proposed device is low-cost and easy to fabricate due to its simple structure. Furthermore, its compact feature renders the device ideal for miniaturization and integration as the systems in microfluidics architectures and lab-on-chip designs.     

基于表面等离子体共振原理的空芯光纤传感器

设计了一种基于表面等离子体共振原理,使用空芯光纤作为光波导、外表面镀金属膜的光学材料圆柱体作为探头的新型折射率传感器。通过建立光学模型进行分析,在理论上推导出了这种传感器的传输光谱损耗公式,并针对该传感器在不同的光纤长度、探头材料、检测物质折射率等参数设置下的检测性能进行了分析,获得了各种参数对其性能的影响。由于该传感器可针对不同折射率的检测物质灵活地更换合适探头材料,相对于传统的表面等离子体共振光纤传感器,在易用性和性价比等方面具有更好的应用价值。     

基于表面等离子体共振传感器的金胶体表征

设计了表面等离子体共振(SPR)传感器实验装置,制备了金膜和金纳米胶体溶液,测量了不同厚度金膜和不同浓度金胶体溶液的SPR角谱,得到了不同浓度金胶体溶液的折射率.     

表面等离子体无掩膜干涉光刻系统的数值分析(英文)

表面等离子体激元具有近场增强效应,可以代替光子作为曝光源形成纳米级特征尺寸的图像.本文数值分析了棱镜辅助表面等离子体干涉系统的参量空间,并给出了计算原理和方法.结果表明,适当地选择高折射率棱镜、低银层厚度、入射波长和光刻胶折射率,可以获得高曝光度、高对比度的干涉图像.入射波长为431nm时,选择40nm厚的银层,曝光深度可达200nm,条纹周期为110nm.数值分析结果为实验的安排提供了理论支持.     

亚波长孔阵列的太赫兹波异常透射研究

利用太赫兹时域光谱（THz-TDS）系统,在5—300 K温区下测量了在厚度约200 nm的金属Nb薄膜刻蚀的亚波长圆孔阵列的异常THz波透射情况.实验结果表明,在03—2 THz波段,具有亚波长孔阵结构的金属Nb薄膜的异常透射现象波谱的峰位置与CST（computer simulation technology）软件仿真模拟的结果一致,峰值随温度降低有逐渐增强的趋势. 关键词： 亚波长孔阵列 THz时域光谱技术 异常透射     

Fiber optic sensor based on surface plasmon resonance with nanoparticle films

This paper reports on a novel design of a fiber optic surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor based on nanoparticle metal film. The performance of the proposed sensor in terms of its signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and sensitivity under different conditions related to the film with spherical gold nanoparticles embedded in a host material is theoretically analyzed. In particular, the effect of the parameters such as gold particle size, film thickness, and refractive index of host material is studied and the possible explanation, whenever required, is given. The numerical results presented in this paper leads to fulfill the requirement of significant optimization of the important design parameters to achieve a high SNR and sensitivity of a fiber optic SPR sensor with nanoparticle films.     

Effect of metamaterial layer on optical surface plasmon resonance sensor

In this paper an optical surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor with metamaterial for four and five layered structure is studied. The numerical results presented in this paper leads to a significant properties of metamaterials in sensing field. Computed results of SPR sensors using metamaterial are compared with conventional optical SPR sensors for four and five layered structure. It is seen that wider dynamic range or effective range of measurable refractive index increases when metamaterial layer is used. It is also verified that SPR sensor with metamaterial layer can dramatically enhance the resolution and reduce the reflectivity compared with conventional SPR. Validity of the magnetic field results is proved on the basis of smooth match of the fields in the different layers of the proposed optical SPR sensor.     

Sensitivity enhancement based on application of multi-pass interferometry in phase-sensitive surface plasmon resonance biosensor

A novel design of multi-pass surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor with differential phase interrogation based on multi-pass interferometry is presented. This new configuration provides an intrinsic phase amplification effect of over twofold by placing the SPR sensor head in a signal arm of the interferometer so that the interrogating optical beam will traverse the sensor surface infinite number of times. Experimental interferometers based on the Michelson and Fabry–Perot configurations have been employed to experimentally verify this amplification effect when they were compared with Mach–Zehnder configuration, results obtained from salt–water mixtures, antibody–antigen, and protein–DNA binding reaction confirmed the expected phase measurement enhancement, thus leading to the possibility of direct detection of small sized bio-molecules using SPR.     

Femtosecond surface plasmon resonance dynamics and electron-electron interactions in silver nanoparticles

Femtosecond excitation and relaxation of nonequilibrium electrons are investigated in silver clusters using a two color pump-probe technique with resonant excitation of the surface plasmon resonance and off resonant probing. The excitation process is shown to be identical to that in metal films, and permits creation of a strongly athermal single electron excitation in a time scale shorter than the duration of the pulses (25-30 fs), in agreement with the free-electron absorption model. Following the time evolution of the nonequilibrium distribution yields information on the internal energy redistribution dynamics of the conduction electrons and of its modification by confinement in metal clusters. Received 1st December 2000     

基于计算机软件的新型SPR传感器设计

为了改进SPR传感器灵敏度低、稳定性差、测量范围窄等问题,基于光的衰减全反射理论设计了一种SPR传感装置。利用FDTD计算机软件分析得到:设计的结构分子层和金属薄膜之间的界面磁场强度得到极大地提高,测量精度有了显著的改进;很大一部分倏逝场能量集中在表面等离子共振区,倏逝波的强度非常强。     

Theoretical analysis of surface plasmon resonance based fiber optic sensor using indium nitride

An extremely sensitive surface plasmon resonance based fiber optic sensor with indium nitride (InN) layer coated on the core of the optical fiber is theoretically analyzed. The proposed sensor exhibits high sensitivity in the near infrared region of spectrum. The optimized value of thickness of InN layer is found to be 70 nm. Possessing high sensitivity of 4493 nm/RIU, the 70 nm thick InN layer based fiber optic SPR sensor illustrates good sensing behavior.     

Surface plasmon resonance sensors based on Ag-metalized nanolayer in microstructured optical fibers

Surface plasmon resonance sensors based on Ag-metalized nanolayer in microstructured optical fibers are theoretically analyzed by using finite element method (FEM). In our simulations we use Drude-Lorentz model to describe the metal dielectric constant. The numerical results show that the sensitivity of Ag-metalized SPR sensor could reach 1167 nm/RIU and corresponding resolution is 8.57×10⁻⁵ RIU. Compared to conventional Au-metalized SPR sensors the performance of our device is obviously better.