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Acousto-optical Transducer with Surface Plasmons

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The surface plasmon resonance (SPR) is a sensitive technique for the detection of changes in dielectric parameters in close proximity to a metal film supporting surface plasmon waves. Here we study the application of the SPR effect to an efficient conversion of an acoustic signal into an optical one. Such a transducer potentially has a large bandwidth and good sensitivity. When an acoustic wave is incident onto a receiving plate positioned within the penetration depth of the surface plasmons, it creates displacements of the surface of the plate and, thus, modulates the dielectric properties in the proximity of the gold film. This modulation, in turn, modifies the light reflection under surface plasmon resonance conditions. We simulate characteristics of this acousto-optical transducer with surface plasmons and provide sets of parameters at the optical wavelength of 800 nm and 633 nm for its realization.

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This work was supported by the Robert A. Welch Foundation Grant No. A1546 and the Qatar Foundation under the Grant NPRP 8-735-1-154.

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-4242, USA

    A. A. Kolomenskii, E. Surovic & H. A. Schuessler

  2. Science Department, Texas A&M University, 23874, Doha, Qatar

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This article is part of the selected papers presented at the 19th International Conference on Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena.

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Kolomenskii, A.A., Surovic, E. & Schuessler, H.A. Acousto-optical Transducer with Surface Plasmons. Int J Thermophys 39, 47 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-018-2369-0

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