Abstract
Recent progress in the field of plasmonics, and the subwavelength confinement and manipulation of optical fields with metallic nanostructures, offers many new opportunities for the design of novel surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrates. The addition of surface plasmon (SP) optical elements, such as Bragg mirrors and surface cavities, allows further substrate optimization. Here, we demonstrate nanostructured SP optical elements as a SERS substrate that provides flexible optimization, tuning, as well as enhancement factors of 107 to 108. A confocal scanning microscope is used to image and characterize the SERS substrates.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | 12th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences - The Proceedings of MicroTAS 2008 Conference |
Publisher | Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society |
Pages | 877-879 |
Number of pages | 3 |
State | Published - Jan 1 2008 |
Event | 12th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2008 - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Oct 12 2008 → Oct 16 2008 |
Other
Other | 12th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2008 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | San Diego, CA |
Period | 10/12/08 → 10/16/08 |
Keywords
- Enhanced transmission
- Nanophotonics
- Surface plasmon (SP)
- Surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy (SERS)