lambda(3)/20000 plasmonic nanocavities with multispectral ultra-narrowband absorption for high-quality sensing

作者:Liu, Zheng-qi; Shao, Hui-bai; Liu, Gui-qiang*; Liu, Xiao-shan; Zhou, Hai-qing; Hu, Ying; Zhang, Xiang-nan; Cai, Zheng-jie; Gu, Gang
来源:Applied Physics Letters, 2014, 104(8): 081116.
DOI:10.1063/1.4867028

摘要

We present a method to theoretically achieve multispectral ultra-narrowband near-unity absorption in metal structure with deep-subwavelength plasmonic nanocavities (i.e., volumes < lambda(3)/20 000) for high-quality sensing. The concept is based on the combined excitation of multiple plasmon resonances and high optical field confinement by an array of hexagonal non-close-packed cross-shape nanocavities on an opaque metal film. A multispectral plasmonic nano-sensor with high refractive index sensitivity (538 nm/RIU) and figure of merit (58) in the optical region is obtained with the minimum bandwidth of 8 nm, which offers new perspectives for achieving ultra-compact efficient biosensors.