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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Authors: Janicki, V., Sancho i Parramon, Jordi, Bosch i Puig, Salvador, Zorc, H., Belarre, F. J., Arbiol i Cobos, Jordi
Format: article
Status:Versión aceptada para publicación
Publication Date:2014
Country:España
Institution:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repository:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/98783
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/98783
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Ressonància de plasmons superficials
Pel·lícules metàl·liques
El·lipsometria
Surface plasmon resonance
Metallic films
Ellipsometry
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Summary: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.