1. Light Concentration by Metal-Dielectric Micro-Resonators for SERS Sensing.
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Sarychev, Andrey K., Ivanov, Andrey, Lagarkov, Andrey, and Barbillon, Grégory
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NANOPARTICLES ,SERS spectroscopy ,SURFACE plasmon resonance ,NANOSTRUCTURED materials ,DIELECTRIC devices - Abstract
Metal-dielectric micro/nano-composites have surface plasmon resonances in visible and near-infrared domains. Excitation of coupled metal-dielectric resonances is also important. These different resonances can allow enhancement of the electromagnetic field at a subwavelength scale. Hybrid plasmonic structures act as optical antennae by concentrating large electromagnetic energy in micro- and nano-scales. Plasmonic structures are proposed for various applications such as optical filters, investigation of quantum electrodynamics effects, solar energy concentration, magnetic recording, nanolasing, medical imaging and biodetection, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), and optical super-resolution microscopy. We present the review of recent achievements in experimental and theoretical studies of metal-dielectric micro and nano antennae that are important for fundamental and applied research. The main impact is application of metal-dielectric optical antennae for the efficient SERS sensing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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