Intensity based surface plasmon resonance sensor using a nanohole rectangular array

Opt Express. 2011 Aug 1;19(16):15041-6. doi: 10.1364/OE.19.015041.

Abstract

We show high resolution measurements of a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor based on a rectangular nanohole array in a metal film. This SPR setup uses balanced intensity detection between two orthogonal polarizations of a He-Ne laser beam, which allows for sensitivity improvement, noise reduction and rejection of any uncorrelated variation in the intensity signal. A bulk sensitivity resolution of 6.4 x 10(-6) RIU is demonstrated. The proposed methodology is promising for applications in portable nanoplasmonic multisensing and imaging.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biology / methods
  • Biosensing Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Equipment Design
  • Ethanol / chemistry
  • Humans
  • Lasers
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / methods
  • Models, Statistical
  • Nanotechnology / methods
  • Optics and Photonics
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance / methods*
  • Surface Properties
  • Time Factors
  • Water / chemistry

Substances

  • Water
  • Ethanol