表面等离激元增强的光和物质相互作用

Surface plasmaons enhanced light-matter interactions

表面等离激元近年来受到了广泛的关注.得益于表面等离激元的强局域约束作用,光场和能量被限制在亚波长尺度上,因而各种光和物质相互作用可得到显著的增强.表面等离激元的特性与材料、形貌、结构密切相关,相应的共振波长可覆盖紫外、可见光、近红外到远红外的光谱波段.由于表面等离激元的强局域电场,光与物质的相互作用,如荧光、拉曼散射、非线性光学、光热转换、光-声效应、催化、光伏转换等,都得以显著增强.本文简要回顾了表面等离激元的物理特性,具体讨论了各种基于表面等离激元增强的光和物质相互作用机理及相关应用,并探讨了存在的问题和进一步发展的方向.本文旨在为构造更高性能的表面等离激元器件,发展相关技术,进一步拓展表面等离激元的应用领域提供有益的参考.

Surface plasmon polaritons(SPPs) have been widely investigated in the past decades. Due to their unique feature of field localization, optical energy can be strongly confined in the subwavelength and even nanoscale space. This strong confinement gives rise to dramatically increased electromagnetic field strength, leading to greatly enhanced light-matter interactions. The properties of SPP are strongly dependent on material,morphology and structure. The wavelength of surface plasmon resonance can be readily manipulated over broadband optical spectra, covering ultraviolet, visible, near infrared to far infrared. In this review article, both working principle and applications of surface plasmon enhanced light-matter interactions, such as fluorescence,Raman scattering, nonlinear optics, heat effects, photoacoustic effects, photo-catalysis, and photovoltaic conversion, are comprehensively reviewed. Besides, the current problems and future research directions of surface plasmons are discussed. Our paper provides valuable reference for future high-performance plasmonic device and technology applications.