Aggregated metal nanoparticles exhibit enhanced localized electromagnetic fields that enable highly sensitive vibrational spectroscopy analysis based on surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). We demonstrate SERS detection of organic analytes adsorbed to optically aggregated silver nanoparticles in a microfluidic device. The combination of optical tweezers and microfluidics technologies paves the way for novel lab-on-a-chip based plasmonic chemo/bio sensors and overcomes two important drawbacks of standard SERS sensing schemes; i.e. the renewal of nanofabricated metallic substrates and the difficulty of avoiding uncontrolled aggregation in metal colloids.
We present in this work our current understanding on magnetoplasmonic structures, that is, systems whose constituents exhibit simultaneously magnetic and plasmonic properties. We analyze both the influence of the plasmon resonance on the magneto-optical properties of the system and the ability of the magnetic field to modulate the plasmon properties. In particular we show how, in magnetoplasmonic systems sustaining localized or propagating surface plasmons, the associated electromagnetic field enhancement gives rise to an enhancement of the magneto-optical activity. On the other hand, we have analyzed the modulation of the propagating surface plasmon polariton wavevector in noble metal/ferromagnet/noble metal trilayers by an external magnetic field. These phenomena can be addressed as new concepts for the development of active plasmonic devices.
International audienceSurface plasmon waveguides (SPW's) are metal ridges featuring widths in the micrometer range and thicknesses of a few tens of nanometers. A focused ion beam has been used to carve microscatterers into gold SPW's and the near-field distributions around these microstructures are observed by means of photon scanning tunneling microscopy (PSTM). On the basis of near-field images, we show that a finite length periodic arrangement of narrow slits can reflect a surface plasmon mode propagating along a SPW. The reflection efficiency of the micrograting is found to depend upon the number of slits, the period of the grating, and the incident wavelength. The optimum reflection efficiency is obtained for a period of the micrograting equal to half the incident wavelength in vacuum. The PSTM images of the plasmon mirrors taken at different wavelengths allow us to measure the experimental dispersion curve of the SPW in the near-infrared. From this dispersion curve, we found that, in analogy with a surface plasmon (SP) excited on extended thin films, the group velocity of a SPW mode is close to the speed of light. For a given frequency in the near-infrared, the effective index of the SP mode supported by a 2.5-mum-wide SPW is also found to be significantly larger than the effective index of an extended thin film SP. Finally, we show that the optical properties of microgratings engraved into a SPW can be qualitatively approached by a standard Bragg mirror model
Surface plasmon polariton ͑SPP͒ excitation effects on the magneto-optical ͑MO͒ activity of Au capped Ag/Co/Ag trilayers are studied as a function of Co thickness. An enhancement of the transverse MO Kerr signal under SPP excitation as compared with that obtained without SPP excitation is measured with a maximum value of 150 times obtained for the trilayer with 8 nm Co. Such enhancement on the magneto-optical activity due to SPP excitation is also five times higher than that obtained in Au/Co/Au trilayers in similar conditions. The lower optical absorption in the studied range and the sharper plasmon resonance of Ag vs Au are responsible for these values. On the other hand, magnetic field-induced SPP wavevector modulation ͑⌬k / k͒ SPP is studied for these trilayers and compared both with previous results in the Au/Co/Au system as well as with the theory. In the wavelength considered here, the obtained values are similar for both Ag-and Au-based structures and on the order of 10 −4 , pinpointing the role of the magnetic layer on the SPP wavevector modulation.
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