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 language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 23540-23549 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Optics Express |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 18 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 3 2018 |
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