We image optical near-field patterns at subwavelength circular hole arrays in Au film by using scanning near-field optical microscopy in near-infrared wavelengths. Periodical oscillation features are found in the near...We image optical near-field patterns at subwavelength circular hole arrays in Au film by using scanning near-field optical microscopy in near-infrared wavelengths. Periodical oscillation features are found in the near-field images at the air/Au interface and exhibit two typical kinds of standing wave oscillation forms at the wavelengths corresponding to the transmission minimum and maximum in the transmission spectrum, and the latter one originates from the excitation and interference of a surface plasmon wave at the metallic hole arrays. Our work indicates that monitoring optical near-field patterns can help to reveal many interesting properties of surface plasmon waves at metallic nanostructures and understand their underlying physical mechanisms.展开更多
Surface Plasmon Resonance （SPR） is a powerful technique for directly sensing in biological studies, chemical detection and environmental pollution monitoring. In this paper, we present polymer optical fiber applicat...Surface Plasmon Resonance （SPR） is a powerful technique for directly sensing in biological studies, chemical detection and environmental pollution monitoring. In this paper, we present polymer optical fiber application in SPR sensors, including wavelength interrogation surface enhanced Raman scattering SPR sensor and surface enhanced Raman scattering （SERS） probe. Long-period fiber gratings are fabricated on single mode polymer optical fiber （POF） with 120 μm period and 50% duty cycle. The polarization characteristic of this kind of birefringent grating is studied. Theoretical analysis shows it will be advantageous in SPR sensing applications.展开更多
A new sub-micron photolithography tool has been realized by utilizing the interference of surface plasmon waves(SPWs) on the near surface of a silver(Ag)-clad ultraviolet(UV) planar waveguide.A laser beam with a wavel...A new sub-micron photolithography tool has been realized by utilizing the interference of surface plasmon waves(SPWs) on the near surface of a silver(Ag)-clad ultraviolet(UV) planar waveguide.A laser beam with a wavelength of 325 nm was incident into the waveguide core,and suffered a series of total internal reflections on the interfaces between the waveguide core and the cladding layers.The incident light and the reflected light induced two beams of SPWs traveling in contrary directions,which interfered with each other and formed a standing wave as a sub-micron photolithography tool.A near-field scanning optical microscope(NSOM) was employed to measure the intensity distribution of the stationary wave field of the near surface of the Ag layer of the waveguide,anastomosed with theoretical values acquired by use of finite difference time domain(FDTD) simulations.And with this sub-micron photolithography tool a SMG with a period of 79.3 nm,in good agreement with the theoretical value of 80.1 nm,was inscribed on the surface of a self-processing hybrid SiO2/ZrO2 solgel film for the first time.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant Nos.2011CB922002 and 2013CB632704)the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
文摘We image optical near-field patterns at subwavelength circular hole arrays in Au film by using scanning near-field optical microscopy in near-infrared wavelengths. Periodical oscillation features are found in the near-field images at the air/Au interface and exhibit two typical kinds of standing wave oscillation forms at the wavelengths corresponding to the transmission minimum and maximum in the transmission spectrum, and the latter one originates from the excitation and interference of a surface plasmon wave at the metallic hole arrays. Our work indicates that monitoring optical near-field patterns can help to reveal many interesting properties of surface plasmon waves at metallic nanostructures and understand their underlying physical mechanisms.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant No. 2006cb302905the Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 60736037the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 10704070
文摘Surface Plasmon Resonance （SPR） is a powerful technique for directly sensing in biological studies, chemical detection and environmental pollution monitoring. In this paper, we present polymer optical fiber application in SPR sensors, including wavelength interrogation surface enhanced Raman scattering SPR sensor and surface enhanced Raman scattering （SERS） probe. Long-period fiber gratings are fabricated on single mode polymer optical fiber （POF） with 120 μm period and 50% duty cycle. The polarization characteristic of this kind of birefringent grating is studied. Theoretical analysis shows it will be advantageous in SPR sensing applications.
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China (Grant Nos.8251063101000007, 10151063101000009,and 9451063101002082)the Scientific and Technological Plan of Guangdong Province (Grant Nos.2008B010200004, 2010B010600030, and 2009B011100003)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.61078046 and 60977048)
文摘A new sub-micron photolithography tool has been realized by utilizing the interference of surface plasmon waves(SPWs) on the near surface of a silver(Ag)-clad ultraviolet(UV) planar waveguide.A laser beam with a wavelength of 325 nm was incident into the waveguide core,and suffered a series of total internal reflections on the interfaces between the waveguide core and the cladding layers.The incident light and the reflected light induced two beams of SPWs traveling in contrary directions,which interfered with each other and formed a standing wave as a sub-micron photolithography tool.A near-field scanning optical microscope(NSOM) was employed to measure the intensity distribution of the stationary wave field of the near surface of the Ag layer of the waveguide,anastomosed with theoretical values acquired by use of finite difference time domain(FDTD) simulations.And with this sub-micron photolithography tool a SMG with a period of 79.3 nm,in good agreement with the theoretical value of 80.1 nm,was inscribed on the surface of a self-processing hybrid SiO2/ZrO2 solgel film for the first time.
