Near Infrared Metal-insulator-metal Surface Plasmon Resonances for Refractive Index Sensors

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  • Thi Hong Cam Hoang University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology of Vietnam, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9161-1784
  • Tuan Minh Ha University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
  • Van Dai Pham Institute of Materials Science, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-6339
  • Quang Minh Ngo University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0065-0172

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https://doi.org/10.15625/0868-3166/16541

Abstract

This work reports the optical properties of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) based on the metal-insulator-metal (MIM) structure towards a refractive index sensor. The MIM-SPR structure operating near infrared region consists of lateral periodicity of subwavelength gold patterns placed on a stack of thin silica spacer and silver film (acting as a reflector) on a silicon substrate. The reflection spectra and the electric field distributions of MIM-SPR structures can be tuned by modifying the geometrical properties and have been numerically investigated by using Lumerical’s finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) solutions. The square lattice configuration of 1200 nm to 1400 nm pitch of gold micro-disks of thickness from 80 nm to 120 nm have been conducted. The size of these considered gold patterns, i.e., the diameter of the micro-disks is in the range of 900 nm to 1000 nm. The proposed MIM-SPR structure possessing sensitivity of 370 nm per refractive index unit (RIU), can be applicable for a wide variety of plasmonic sensing, in particular for refractometric biosensors.

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T. H. C. Hoang, T. M. Ha, V. D. Pham, and Q. M. Ngo, “Near Infrared Metal-insulator-metal Surface Plasmon Resonances for Refractive Index Sensors”, Comm. Phys., vol. 32, no. 3, p. 275, Mar. 2022.

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Received 11-09-2021
Accepted 15-12-2021
Published 27-03-2022

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