Title :
Radially polarized surface plasmon microscopy for sensitive detection of fluorescent nanospheres
Author :
Sung, Chih-hsiang ; Chauvat, Dominique ; Zyss, Joseph ; Lee, Chih-Kung
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Mech., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
To get a higher sensitivity of surface plasmon microscopy, we report the technique of adopting a radial polarizer to enhance the TM-polarized light as well as an annular disc for modulated detection of plasmon absorption.
Keywords :
fluorescence; light polarisation; optical microscopy; optical sensors; surface plasmon resonance; TM-polarized light; annular disc; fluorescent nanospheres; near field microscopy; plasmon absorption; radial polarizer; surface plasmon microscopy; Absorption; Coatings; Fluorescence; Glass; Gold; Microscopy; Optical films; Optical polarization; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; annular disc; near-field microscopy; radial polarizer; surface plasmon resonance;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292182
