Novel Plasmonic Microscopy: Principle and Applications

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Abstract

In this chapter, we introduce a novel dynamic all-optically controlled surface plasmon polariton (SPP) high-performance multifunction optical microscope, combining optical microscopic imaging, biosensing, plasmonic tweezers, and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) in a single microscopic system. This optical microscope can achieve super-resolved imaging, ultrahigh sensitivity for molecule detection, and real-time monitoring for reaction process of biological samples, fulfilling the requirement of multiparameter multi-perspective real-time in situ measurement of biological samples.

This chapter includes:
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    Using phase shift of SPP standing wave to achieve super-resolution wide-field microscopic imaging

     
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    Based on differential interference between radially and azimuthally polarized beams in microscopic configuration, developing novel biosensors with super-sensitivity and super dynamic range

     
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    Theoretical analysis and experimental demonstration of a plasmonic tweezers in microscopic configuration for trapping metallic particles and its applications in SERS

     
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    Based on the coupling between SPP virtual probe and localized surface plasmon (LSP) resonance of metallic nanoparticles, building real-time, controllable, and high-sensitivity novel SERS detection systems

     

Keywords

Surface plasmon polaritons Localized surface plasmon Plasmonic microscopy Cylindrical vector beam Super-resolution Surface plasmon resonance imaging Biosensor Plasmonic tweezers Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy 
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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 61138003, 61427819, and 61422506; National Key Basic Research Program of China (973) under grant No. 2015CB352004.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Nanophotonics Research Centre & Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic EngineeringingShenzhen UniversityShenzhenChina

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