• DocumentCode
    2228006
  • Title

    Plasmonic coupling of SiO2-Ag “post-cap” nanostructures and silver film for surface-enhanced Raman scattering

  • Author

    Wu, Hsin-Yu ; Cunningham, Brian T.

  • Author_Institution
    Nana Sensors Group, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate consisting of SiO2-Ag "post-cap" nanostructures with an underlying silver film. Optimized coupling between free-standing Ag caps and the underlying silver film results in a maximum enhancement factor of 2.38×109.
  • Keywords
    Raman spectra; nanostructured materials; plasmonics; silicon compounds; silver; surface plasmons; Ag; SiO2; nanostructures; optimized coupling; plasmonic coupling; silver film; surface-enhanced Raman scattering; Films; Glass; Nanostructures; Plasmons; Raman scattering; Silver; Substrates;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950146