Metal island film-based structures for sensing using spectrophotometry and ellipsometry

Metal island films (MIF) are good candidates for sensors due to the strong sensitivity of the localised surface plasmon resonance to the environment refractive index. The strong near field enhancement in the vicinity of the island surface can be even higher if a metal layer (ML) is placed close to a...

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Autores: Janicki, V., Sancho i Parramon, Jordi, Bosch i Puig, Salvador, Zorc, H., Belarre, F. J., Arbiol i Cobos, Jordi
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/98783
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/98783
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ressonància de plasmons superficials
Pel·lícules metàl·liques
El·lipsometria
Surface plasmon resonance
Metallic films
Ellipsometry
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Sumario:Metal island films (MIF) are good candidates for sensors due to the strong sensitivity of the localised surface plasmon resonance to the environment refractive index. The strong near field enhancement in the vicinity of the island surface can be even higher if a metal layer (ML) is placed close to a MIF. Structures containing MIF with and without ML are prepared and sensitivities of spectrophotometric and ellipsometric features of the measurements are compared. It is shown that simple MIF is preferable for ellipsometry-based sensing and the one including ML in the case of spectrophotometric measurements.