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Metallic Nanowire Array–Polymer Hybrid Film for Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensitivity Enhancement and Spectral Range Enlargement

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In this paper, the coupling interaction is investigated between a metallic nanowire array and a metal film under the Kretschmann condition. The plasmonic multilayer is composed of a metallic nanowire array embedded in a polymer layer positioned above a metal film, exploiting the classical surface plasmon resonance (SPR) configuration. We analyze the influence of various structural parameters of the metallic nanowire array on the SPR spectrum of thin metal film. The results show that the coupling interactions of nanowires with the metal film can greatly affect SPR resonance wavelength and increase SPR sensitivity. The coupling strength of metallic nanowire array and metal film also impacts resonance wavelength, which can be used to adjust SPR range but have little effect on its sensitivity. The results are confirmed using a dipole coupling resonance model of metallic nanowire. We demonstrated that this nanostructured hybrid structure can be used for high sensitivity SPR monitoring in a large spectral range, which is important for advanced SPR measurement including fiber-optic SPR sensing technology.

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The authors would like to thank financial supports from the National Nature Science Foundation of China (grant nos. 61137005 and 60977055), the Ministry of Education of China (grant nos. NCET-09-0255, DUT11Z102, and SRFDP 20120041110040), and the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC – Discovery Grant).

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  1. College of Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China

    Wei Peng, Yuzhang Liang & Lixia Li

  2. Département de chimie, Université de Montréal, CP. 6128 Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Quebec, H3C 3J7, Canada

    Jean-Francois Masson

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Peng, W., Liang, Y., Li, L. et al. Metallic Nanowire Array–Polymer Hybrid Film for Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensitivity Enhancement and Spectral Range Enlargement. Plasmonics 9, 319–326 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-013-9627-6

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