Waveguide-integrated mid-infrared plasmonics with high-efficiency coupling for ultracompact surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy

Daniel A. Mohr, Daehan Yoo, Che Chen, Mo Li, Sang Hyun Oh

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Abstract

Waveguide-integrated plasmonics is a growing field with many innovative concepts and demonstrated devices in the visible and near-infrared. Here, we extend this body of work to the mid-infrared for the application of surface-enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA), a spectroscopic method to probe molecular vibrations in small volumes and thin films. Built atop a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) waveguide platform, two key plasmonic structures useful for SEIRA are examined using computational modeling: gold nanorods and coaxial nanoapertures. We find resonance dips of 90% in near diffraction-limited areas due to arrays of our structures and up to 50% from a single resonator. Each of the structures is evaluated using the simulated SEIRA signal from poly(methyl methacrylate) and an octadecanethiol self-assembled monolayer. The platforms we present allow for a compact, on-chip SEIRA sensing system with highly efficient waveguide coupling in the mid-IR.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)23540-23549
Number of pages10
JournalOptics Express
Volume26
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 3 2018

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