Plasmonic Sensors Based on Funneling Light Through Nanophotonic Structures

We present a refractometric sensor realized as a stack of metallic gratings with subwavelength features and embedded within a low-index dielectric medium. Light is strongly confined through funneling mechanisms and excites resonances that sense the analyte medium. Two terminations of the structure a...

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Autores: Hamdy Mohamed Elshorbagy, Mahmoud, Cuadrado Conde, Alexander, Alda, Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/6096
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/6096
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:535.5
Nanophotonics
Plasmonics
OPtical sensors
Refractometry
Óptica (Física)
2209.19 Óptica Física
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Sumario:We present a refractometric sensor realized as a stack of metallic gratings with subwavelength features and embedded within a low-index dielectric medium. Light is strongly confined through funneling mechanisms and excites resonances that sense the analyte medium. Two terminations of the structure are compared. One of them has a dielectric medium in contact with the analyte and exploits the selective spectral transmission of the structure. The other design has a metallic continuous layer that generates surface plasmon resonances at the metal/analyte interface. Both designs respond with narrow spectral features that are sensible to the change in the refractive index of the analyte and can be used for sensing biomedical samples.