Long-Range Surface Plasmons on Ultrathin Membranes Export

@article{citeulike:5907011, abstract = {PMID: 17430008 A waveguide structure supporting long-range surface plasmon waves in any gaseous or liquid environment is described. The waveguide comprises a large area dielectric membrane of nanometric thickness upon which thin metal stripes and features are deposited. This structure allows the environment to surround the stripe thus ensuring that an essentially symmetric dielectric background is always present, as required to support the wave. The membrane perturbs the wave in a manner that significantly increases its surface sensitivity. The high surface sensitivity in concert with the ability to create long optical interaction length plasmonic structures leads to high sensitivity (bio)chemical sensors. Theoretical results describing the operation of the structure are given along with experimental results demonstrating the propagation of long-range surface plasmons in air and in liquid. The structure opens up a wealth of opportunities for research and application across many fields, including plasmonics, photonics, material science, surfaces, and solidliquid interfaces.}, author = {Berini, Pierre and Charbonneau, Robert and Lahoud, Nancy}, citeulike-article-id = {5907011}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl070464w}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nl070464w}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1021/nl070464w}, journal = {Nano Letters}, keywords = {plasmon, spp, subwavelength, waveguide}, month = {May}, number = {5}, pages = {1376--1380}, posted-at = {2009-10-07 19:41:50}, priority = {2}, title = {Long-Range Surface Plasmons on Ultrathin Membranes}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl070464w}, volume = {7}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5907011 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5907011 N2 - PMID: 17430008 A waveguide structure supporting long-range surface plasmon waves in any gaseous or liquid environment is described. The waveguide comprises a large area dielectric membrane of nanometric thickness upon which thin metal stripes and features are deposited. This structure allows the environment to surround the stripe thus ensuring that an essentially symmetric dielectric background is always present, as required to support the wave. The membrane perturbs the wave in a manner that significantly increases its surface sensitivity. The high surface sensitivity in concert with the ability to create long optical interaction length plasmonic structures leads to high sensitivity (bio)chemical sensors. Theoretical results describing the operation of the structure are given along with experimental results demonstrating the propagation of long-range surface plasmons in air and in liquid. The structure opens up a wealth of opportunities for research and application across many fields, including plasmonics, photonics, material science, surfaces, and solidliquid interfaces. IS - 5 JF - Nano Letters EP - 1380 TI - Long-Range Surface Plasmons on Ultrathin Membranes VL - 7 SP - 1376 KW - plasmon KW - spp KW - subwavelength KW - waveguide AU - Berini, Pierre AU - Charbonneau, Robert AU - Lahoud, Nancy PY - 2007/05/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl070464w ER -