Creating and fixing a metal nanoparticle layer on the holes of microstructured fibers for plasmonic applications

Author

De Matos, Christiano J S ; Cordeiro, Cristiano M B ; Andrade, Gustavo F S ; Brolo, Alexandre G. ; Brito-Silva, AntonioM ; Temperini, Marcia L A ; Galembeck, Andre ; De Araujo, Cid B.

Author_Institution

Programa de Pos-Grad. em Eng. Eletr., Univ. Presbiteriana Mackenzie/Mackpesquisa, Sao Paulo

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Methods to insert, keep and fix silver and gold nanoparticles to the inner walls of microstructured fibers are demonstrated. Fibers optimized for evanescent field interaction were employed and can result in efficient plasmonic chemical sensing.

Keywords

chemical sensors; fibre optic sensors; gold; holey fibres; metallic thin films; nanoparticles; plasmonics; surface plasmon resonance; Au; evanescent field interaction; gold nanoparticles; holey fibers; metallic nanoparticle layer; metallic thin films; microstructured fibers; plasmonic chemical sensing application; surface plasmon resonance; Gold; Nanoparticles; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical films; Optical surface waves; Photonic crystal fibers; Plasmons; Resonance; Silver; (060.2370) Fiber optics sensors; (060.4005) Microstructured fibers; (250.5403) Plasmonics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4571477