Scalable and tunable periodic graphene nanohole arrays for mid-infrared plasmonics

Despite its great potential for a wide variety of devices, especially mid-infrared biosensors and photodetectors, graphene plasmonics is still confined to academic research. A major reason is the fact that, so far, expensive and lowthroughput lithography techniques are needed to fabricate graphene n...

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Autores: Gopalan, Kavitha K., Paulillo, Bruno, Mackenzie, David M. A., Rodrigo, Daniel, Bareza, Nestor, Jr.|||0000-0002-0562-650X, Whelan, Patrick R., Shivayogimath, Abhay, Pruneri, Valerio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/369027
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/369027
https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b02613
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Plasmons (Physics)
Graphene plasmonics
Plasmons (Física)
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Sumario:Despite its great potential for a wide variety of devices, especially mid-infrared biosensors and photodetectors, graphene plasmonics is still confined to academic research. A major reason is the fact that, so far, expensive and lowthroughput lithography techniques are needed to fabricate graphene nanostructures. Here, we report for the first time a detailed experimental study on electrostatically tunable graphene nanohole array surfaces with periods down to 100 nm, showing clear plasmonic response in the range ~1300-1600 cm-1 , which can be fabricated by a scalable nanoimprint technique. Such large area plasmonic nanostructures are suitable for industrial applications, for example, surface-enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA) sensing, as they combine easy design, extreme field confinement, and the possibility to excite multiple plasmon modes enabling multiband sensing, a feature not readily available in nanoribbons or other localized resonant structures.