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ArticleNature communications2018

Broadband single molecule SERS detection designed by warped optical spaces.

Peng Mao, Changxu Liu, Gael Favraud, Qiang Chen, Min Han, Andrea Fratalocchi, Shuang Zhang

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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7 authors.

Peng MaoSchool of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom.
Changxu LiuSchool of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom.
Gael FavraudPRIMALIGHT, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science, KAUST, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
Qiang ChenNational Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Collaborative Innovation Centre of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China. qiangchen@nju.edu.cn.
Min HanNational Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Collaborative Innovation Centre of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China.
Andrea FratalocchiPRIMALIGHT, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science, KAUST, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia. andrea.fratalocchi@kaust.edu.sa.
Shuang ZhangSchool of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom. s.zhang@bham.ac.uk.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Engineering hotspots is of crucial importance in many applications including energy harvesting, nano-lasers, subwavelength imaging, and biomedical sensing. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering spectroscopy is a key technique to identify analytes that would otherwise be difficult to diagnose. In standard systems, hotspots are realised with nanostructures made by acute tips or narrow gaps. Owing to the low probability for molecules to reach such tiny active regions, high sensitivity is always accompanied by a large preparation time for analyte accumulation which hinders the time response. Inspired by transformation optics, we introduce an approach based on warped spaces to manipulate hotspots, resulting in broadband enhancements in both the magnitude and volume. Experiments for single molecule detection with a fast soaking time are realised in conjunction with broadband response and uniformity. Such engineering could provide a new design platform for a rich manifold of devices, which can benefit from broadband and huge field enhancements.

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