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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Plasmonic Au Array SERS Substrate with Optimized Thin Film Oxide Substrate Layer.

Zachary T Brawley, Stephen J Bauman, Ahmad A Darweesh, Desalegn T Debu, Faezeh Tork Ladani, Joseph B Herzog

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Zachary T BrawleyMicroelectronics-Photonics Graduate Program, University of Arkansas, 731 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville, Arkansas, AR 72701, USA. ztbrawle@email.uark.edu.
Stephen J BaumanMicroelectronics-Photonics Graduate Program, University of Arkansas, 731 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville, Arkansas, AR 72701, USA. sjbauman@email.uark.edu.
Ahmad A DarweeshMicroelectronics-Photonics Graduate Program, University of Arkansas, 731 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville, Arkansas, AR 72701, USA. aadarwee@email.uark.edu.
Desalegn T DebuDepartment of Physics, University of Arkansas, 825 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville, Arkansas, AR 72701, USA. dtdebu@email.uark.edu.
Faezeh Tork LadaniDepartment of Physics, University of Arkansas, 825 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville, Arkansas, AR 72701, USA. ftorklad@uark.edu.
Joseph B HerzogMicroelectronics-Photonics Graduate Program, University of Arkansas, 731 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville, Arkansas, AR 72701, USA. jbherzog@uark.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2441-6169

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This work studies the effect of a plasmonic array structure coupled with thin film oxide substrate layers on optical surface enhancement using a finite element method. Previous results have shown that as the nanowire spacing increases in the sub-100 nm range, enhancement decreases; however, this work improves upon previous results by extending the range above 100 nm. It also averages optical enhancement across the entire device surface rather than localized regions, which gives a more practical estimate of the sensor response. A significant finding is that in higher ranges, optical enhancement does not always decrease but instead has additional plasmonic modes at greater nanowire and spacing dimensions resonant with the period of the structure and the incident light wavelength, making it possible to optimize enhancement in more accessibly fabricated nanowire array structures. This work also studies surface enhancement to optimize the geometries of plasmonic wires and oxide substrate thickness. Periodic oscillations of surface enhancement are observed at specific oxide thicknesses. These results will help improve future research by providing optimized geometries for SERS molecular sensors.

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arraycomputational electromagneticsgratingnano-opticsnanowiresplasmonicsSERSthin film

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PMID29867013
PMCPMC6025579

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