Dissertations / Theses: 'Plasmoncs'

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Tan, Shiaw Juen. "Linear and nonlinear propagation of localised plasmon in metallic nanostructures." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2011. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/52635/1/Shiaw_Tan_Thesis.pdf.

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A major challenge in modern photonics and nano-optics is the diffraction limit of light which does not allow field localisation into regions with dimensions smaller than half the wavelength. Localisation of light into nanoscale regions (beyond its diffraction limit) has applications ranging from the design of optical sensors and measurement techniques with resolutions as high as a few nanometres, to the effective delivery of optical energy into targeted nanoscale regions such as quantum dots, nano-electronic and nano-optical devices. This field has become a major research direction over the last decade. The use of strongly localised surface plasmons in metallic nanostructures is one of the most promising approaches to overcome this problem. Therefore, the aim of this thesis is to investigate the linear and non-linear propagation of surface plasmons in metallic nanostructures. This thesis will focus on two main areas of plasmonic research –– plasmon nanofocusing and plasmon nanoguiding. Plasmon nanofocusing – The main aim of plasmon nanofocusing research is to focus plasmon energy into nanoscale regions using metallic nanostructures and at the same time achieve strong local field enhancement. Various structures for nanofocusing purposes have been proposed and analysed such as sharp metal wedges, tapered metal films on dielectric substrates, tapered metal rods, and dielectric V-grooves in metals. However, a number of important practical issues related to nanofocusing in these structures still remain unclear. Therefore, one of the main aims of this thesis is to address two of the most important of issues which are the coupling efficiency and heating effects of surface plasmons in metallic nanostructures. The method of analysis developed throughout this thesis is a general treatment that can be applied to a diversity of nanofocusing structures, with results shown here for the specific case of sharp metal wedges. Based on the geometrical optics approximation, it is demonstrated that the coupling efficiency from plasmons generated with a metal grating into the nanofocused symmetric or quasi-symmetric modes may vary between ~50% to ~100% depending on the structural parameters. Optimal conditions for nanofocusing with the view to minimise coupling and dissipative losses are also determined and discussed. It is shown that the temperature near the tip of a metal wedge heated by nanosecond plasmonic pulses can increase by several hundred degrees Celsius. This temperature increase is expected to lead to nonlinear effects, self-influence of the focused plasmon, and ultimately self-destruction of the metal tip. This thesis also investigates a different type of nanofocusing structure which consists of a tapered high-index dielectric layer resting on a metal surface. It is shown that the nanofocusing mechanism that occurs in this structure is somewhat different from other structures that have been considered thus far. For example, the surface plasmon experiences significant backreflection and mode transformation at a cut-off thickness. In addition, the reflected plasmon shows negative refraction properties that have not been observed in other nanofocusing structures considered to date. Plasmon nanoguiding – Guiding surface plasmons using metallic nanostructures is important for the development of highly integrated optical components and circuits which are expected to have a superior performance compared to their electronicbased counterparts. A number of different plasmonic waveguides have been considered over the last decade including the recently considered gap and trench plasmon waveguides. The gap and trench plasmon waveguides have proven to be difficult to fabricate. Therefore, this thesis will propose and analyse four different modified gap and trench plasmon waveguides that are expected to be easier to fabricate, and at the same time acquire improved propagation characteristics of the guided mode. In particular, it is demonstrated that the guided modes are significantly screened by the extended metal at the bottom of the structure. This is important for the design of highly integrated optics as it provides the opportunity to place two waveguides close together without significant cross-talk. This thesis also investigates the use of plasmonic nanowires to construct a Fabry-Pérot resonator/interferometer. It is shown that the resonance effect can be achieved with the appropriate resonator length and gap width. Typical quality factors of the Fabry- Pérot cavity are determined and explained in terms of radiative and dissipative losses. The possibility of using a nanowire resonator for the design of plasmonic filters with close to ~100% transmission is also demonstrated. It is expected that the results obtained in this thesis will play a vital role in the development of high resolution near field microscopy and spectroscopy, new measurement techniques and devices for single molecule detection, highly integrated optical devices, and nanobiotechnology devices for diagnostics of living cells.

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Hettiarachchige, Chamanei Sandamali P. "The interaction of quantum dots with plasmons supported by metal waveguides." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2016. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/92278/1/Chamanei%20Sandamali_Hettiarachchige_Thesis.pdf.

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Plasmonics is a recently emerged technology that enables the compression of electromagnetic waves into miniscule metallic structures, thus enabling the focusing and routing of light on the nanoscale. Plasmonic waveguides can be used to miniaturise the size of integrated chip circuits while increasing the data transmission speed. Plasmonic waveguides are used to route the plasmons around a circuit and are a major focus of this thesis. Also, plasmons are highly sensitive to the surrounding dielectric environment. Using this property we have experimentally realised a refractive index sensor to detect refractive index change in solutions.

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Kvapil, Michal. "Lokalizované povrchové plazmony: principy a aplikace." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-229109.

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The diploma thesis deals with plasmonic nanostructures for visible eventually near-infrared region of electromagnetic spectrum. At first, there are discussed basic terms which are necessary for description of plasmonic nanostructures and their properties. Then the resonant properties of gold nanoantennas on a fused silica substrate and in proximity of nanocrystalline diamond are addressed. FDTD simulations are used for an assesment of resonant properties and local electric field enhancement of these nanostructures. Possible manufacturing methods of the antennas and techniques for the measurement of their properties are mentioned at the end of the thesis.

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Lin, Ling. "Optical Manipulation Using Planar/Patterned Metallo-dielectric Multilayer Structures." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1249.

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Tailoring surface plasmon (SP) resonances using metallic nanostructures for optical manipulation has been widely investigated in recent years; and there are many puzzles yet to be solved in this relatively new area. This thesis covers the study of the interaction of light with SP-supporting planar/patterned metallo-dielectric multilayer structures. Two separate, but closely related subjects were investigated using such structures, which are: SP-assisted optical transmission and optical metamaterials. The physical mechanisms of the SP-assisted transmission phenomenon were studied using planar/grating and planar/hole-array multilayer structures. Extraordinary light transmission has been demonstrated through experimental work and simulations for both arrangements; and the effects of different structural parameters on the transmission efficiencies of the structures were analyzed systematically. The interplays of the surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) and localized surface plasmons (LSPs) in the extraordinary optical transmission (EOT) phenomenon were identified. The potential of the planar/hole-array multilayer structures as optical magnetic metamaterials was evaluated using two independent electromagnetic simulation techniques. The ability of such structures to produce strong magnetic resonances from infrared down to visible side of spectrum was revealed. The methods of tuning the magnetic response of the structures were suggested. A novel design of optical metamaterial based on high-order multipolar resonances in a single-layer plasmonic structure was also proposed. Numerical results from two different computation methods indicate that a simultaneously negative permittivity and permeability can be achieved in such a structure.

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Ramirez, Francisco. "Surface Plasmon Hybridization in Novel Plasmonic Phenomena." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2017. http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/917.

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We explore the effects of surface plasmon hybridization in graphene nanostructures and silver nanoparticles as applied to novel plasmonic phenomena. The analysis is based on the theory of surface plasmon hybridization under the boundary charges method. This method, which is based in the electrostatic approximation, has been largely used to predict the resonant frequencies in strongly coupled nanoparticle clusters. Here, we extend this formalism to analyze novel plasmonic phenomena such as the blueshift of modes in graphene plasmonics, near-field radiation, thermal transport and plasmon-induced hot carrier generation in silver nanoparticles. Furthermore, we develop analytical solutions for graphene nanodisks and metallic spheres that allow for fast and accurate modeling. The analytic models provide the basis to derive a large number of results, including prediction of hybrid eigenmodes and bandstructures, far-field response, and near-field response under thermally induced fluctuations. We predict that the strong near-filed coupling in graphene nanodisk stacks can induce a blueshift in the resonant frequencies up to the near-infrared part of the spectrum. We find that the strong near-filed coupling between disks can also lead to large values of radiative thermal conductance when thermally induced fluctuations are included. In this regard, an enhancement over the blackbody limit of up to two and four orders of magnitude was observed for co-planar and co-axial disk configurations. The strong coupling between coplanar disks was also explored for the development of plasmonic waveguides by considering long co-planar disk arrays. It was observed that the array posseses great potential for plasmonic waveguiding, with a strong degree of confinement for disks smaller than 200 nm. Thermal activation of the guided modes showed a thermal conductivity of up to 4.5 W/m K and thermal diffusivity of up to 1:4 x 10-3 m2/s. The large values of thermal diffusivity suggest the potential of graphene disk waveguides for thermotronic interconnects. The plasmon-induced hot carrier generation in silver nanosphere dimers was also studied. The modeling considered analytical solution for metallic nanospheres, from which the electrostatic potential of each sphere was obtained. Using these results, the hot carrier generation was explored under the basis of the Fermi golden rule. The results show a large number of hot carriers at the low frequency modes. This values exceed the number of generated hot carriers on a single sphere. The energy distribution of photogenerated electrons and holes showed a large energy gap that can be explored in photocatalysis and photovoltaic energy conversion.

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Iyer, Srinivasan. "Effects of surface plasmons in subwavelength metallic structures." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Optik, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-103613.

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The study of optical phenomena related to the strong electromagnetic response of noble metals (silver (Ag) and gold (Au) being most popular) over the last couple of decades has led to the emergence of a fast growing research area called plasmonics named after 'surface plasmons' which are electron density waves that propagate along the interface of a metal and a dielectric medium. Surface plasmons are formed by the coupling of light to the electrons on the metal surface subject to the fulfillment of certain physical conditions and they are bound to the metal surface. Depending on whether the metallic medium is a continuous film or a structure having dimensions less than or comparable to the wavelength of the exciting light, propagating or localized surface plasmons can be excited. The structure can be either a hole or an arbitrary pattern in a metal film, or a metallic particle. An array of subwavelength structures can behave as an effective homogeneous medium to incident light and this is the basis of a new class of media known as metamaterials. Metallic metamaterials enable one to engineer the electromagnetic response to incident light and provide unconventional optical properties like negative refractive index as one prominent example. Metamaterials exhibiting negative index (also called negative index materials (NIMs)) open the door for super resolution imaging and development of invisibility cloaks. However, the only problem affecting the utilization of plasmonic media to their fullest potential is the intrinsic loss of the metal, and it becomes a major issue especially at visible-near infrared (NIR) frequencies. The frequency of the surface plasmon is the same as that of the exciting light but its wavelength could be as short as that of X-rays. This property allows light of a given optical frequency to be conned into very small volumes via subwave lengthmetallic structures, that can be used to develop ecient sensors, solar cells, antennas and ultrasensitive molecular detectors to name a few applications. Also, interaction of surface plasmons excited in two or more metallic subwavelength structures in close proximity inuences the far-eld optical properties of the overall coupled system. Some eects of plasmonic interaction in certain coupled particles include polarization conversion, optical activity and transmission spectra mimicking electromagnetically-induced transparency (EIT) as observed in gas based atomicsy stems. In this thesis, we mainly focus on the optical properties of square arrays of certain plasmonic structures popularly researched in the last decade. The structures considered are as follows: (1) subwavelength holes of a composite hole-shape providing superior near-eld enhancement such as two intersecting circles (called' double hole') in an optically thick Au/Ag lm, (2) double layer shnets, (3) subwavelength U-shaped particles and (4) rectangular bars. The entire work is based on electromagnetic simulations using time and frequency domain methods. Au/Ag lms with periodic subwavelength holes provide extraordinarily high transmission of light at certain wavelengths much larger than the dimension of the perforations or holes. The spectral positions of the maxima depend on the shape of the hole and the intra-hole medium, thereby making such lms function as a refractive index sensor in the transmission mode. The sensing performance of the double-hole geometry is analyzed in detail and compared to rectangular holes. Fishnet metamaterials are highly preferred when it comes to constructing a NIM at optical frequencies. A shnet design that theoretically oers a negative refractive index with least losses at telecommunication wavelengths (1.4 1.5 microns) is presented. U-shaped subwavelength metallic particles, in particular single-slit split-ring resonators (SSRRs), provide a large negative response to the magnetic eld of light at a specic resonance frequency. The spectral positions of the structural resonances of the U-shaped particle can be found from its array far field transmission spectrum at normal incidence. An effort is made to clarify our understanding of these resonances with the help of localized surface plasmon modes excited in the overall particle. From an application point of view, it is found that a planar square array of SSRRs eectively functions as an optical half-wave waveplate at the main resonance frequency by creating a polarization in transmission that is orthogonal to that of incident light. A similar waveplate eect can be obtained purely by exploiting the near-eld interaction of dierently oriented neighbouring SSRRs. The physical reasons behind polarization conversion in dierent SSRR-array systems are discussed. A rectangular metallic bar having its dipolar resonance in the visible-NIR is called a nanoantenna, owing to its physical length in the order of nanometers. The excitation of localized surface plasmons, metal dispersion and the geometry of the rectangular nanoantenna make an analytical estimation of the physical length of the antenna from the desired dipolar resonance dicult. A practical map of simulated resonance values corresponding to a variation in geometrical parameters of Au bar is presented. A square array of a coupled plasmonic system comprising of three nanoantennas provides a net transmission response that mimicks the EIT effect. The high transmission spectral window possesses a peculiar dispersion profile that enables light with frequencies in that region to be slowed down. Two popular designs of such plasmonic EIT systems are numerically characterized and compared.

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Ning, Ding. "Analytical and Numerical Models of Multilayered Photonic Devices." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1207712683.

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Lupetti, Mattia. "Plasmonic generation of attosecond pulses and attosecond imaging of surface plasmons." Diss., Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 2015. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-183678.

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Attosecond pulses are ultrashort radiation bursts produced via high harmonic generation (HHG) during a highly nonlinear excitation process driven by a near infrared (NIR) laser pulse. Attosecond pulses can be used to probe the electron dynamics in ultrafast processes via the attosecond streaking technique, with a resolution on the attosecond time scale. In this thesis it is shown that both the generation of attosecond (AS) pulses and the probing of ultrafast processes by means of AS pulses, can be extended to cases in which the respective driving and streaking fields are produced by surface plasmons excited on nanostructures at NIR wavelengths. Surface plasmons are optical modes generated by collective oscillations of the surface electrons in resonance with an external source. In the first part of this thesis, the idea of high harmonic generation (HHG) in the enhanced field of a surface plasmon is analyzed in detail by means of numerical simulations. A NIR pulse is coupled into a surface plasmon propagating in a hollow core tapered waveguide filled with noble gas. The plasmon field intensity increases for decreasing waveguide radius, such that at the apex the field enhancement is sufficient for producing high harmonic radiation. It is shown that with this setup it is possible to generate isolated AS pulses with outstanding spatial and temporal structure, but with an intensity of orders of magnitude smaller than in standard gas harmonic arrangements. In the second part, an experimental technique for the imaging of surface plasmonic excitations on nanostructured surfaces is proposed, where AS pulses are used to probe the surface field by means of photoionization. The concept constitutes an extension of the attosecond streak camera to ``Attosecond Photoscopy'', which allows space- and time-resolved imaging of the plasmon dynamics during the excitation process. It is numerically demonstrated that the relevant parameters of the plasmonic resonance buildup phase can be determined with subfemtosecond precision. Finally, the method used for the numerical solution of the Maxwell's equations is discussed, with particular attention to the problem of absorbing boundary conditions. New insights into the mathematical formulation of the absorbing boundary conditions for Maxwell's equations are provided.
Attosekundenpulse sind ultrakurze extrem-ultraviolette (XUV) Pulse, die durch einen nicht-linearen, von einer nah-infraroten (NIR) Laserquelle stimulierten Anregungsprozess erzeugt werden. Attosekundenpulse können verwendet werden, um die Elektronendynamik eines ultraschnellen Prozesses durch die ``Attosecond Streaking'' Technik zu messen, mit einer Auflösung auf der Attosekundenskala. In dieser Dissertation wird gezeigt, dass sowohl die Erzeugung von Attosekundenpulsen als auch die Messung ultraschneller Prozesse mittels Attosekundenpulse auf Fälle erweitert werden können, bei denen die Anregungs- und Streakingsfelder von Oberflächenplasmonen generiert werden, welche bei nahinfraroten Wellenlängen auf Nanostrukturen angeregt werden. Oberflächenplasmonen sind optische Moden, die aus einer kollektiven Schwingung der Elektronen an der Oberfläche in Resonanz mit einer externen Quelle entstehen. Im ersten Abschnitt dieser Dissertation wird das Konzept der High Harmonic Generation (HHG) in plasmonisch erhöhten Feldern durch numerische Simulationen analysiert. Ein NIR Puls wird mit einem Oberflächenplasmon, das sich in einem konischen, mit Edelgas gefüllten, Hohlleiter ausbreitet, gekoppelt. Die Intensität des plasmonischen Feldes steigt mit der Verringerung des Durchmessers des Hohlleiters, sodass die Felderhöhung an seiner Spitze groß genug wird, um hohe harmonische Strahlung zu generieren. Es wird nachgewiesen, dass die Herstellung von isolierten Attosekundenpulsen mit außergewöhnlichen Zeit- und Raumstrukturen möglich ist. Trotzdem ist deren Intensität um mehrere Größenordnungen niedriger als die, die in Experimenten mit fokussierten Laserpulsen erreicht werden kann. Im zweiten Abschnitt wird eine experimentelle Technik für die Abbildung plasmonischer Oberflächenanregungen vorgeschlagen, wobei Attosekundenpulse verwendet werden, um das Feld an der Oberfläche mittels ``Momentum Streaking'' der photoionisierten Elektronen zu messen. Dieses Konzept ist eine Erweiterung der ``Attosecond Streak Camera'', welches ich ``Attosecond Photoscopy'' nenne. Es ermöglicht die Abbildung eines Plasmons in Zeit und Raum während des Anregungsprozesses. Anhand von numerischen Simulationen wird es gezeigt, dass die wesentlichen Parameter des plasmonischen Resonanzaufbaus mit subfemtosekunden-Präzision bestimmt werden können. Zuletzt wird die Methode für die numerische Lösung der Maxwell-Gleichungen diskutiert, mit Fokus auf das Problem der absorbierenden Randbedingungen. Neue Einsichten in die mathematische Formulierung der Randbedingungen der Maxwell-Gleichungen werden vorgestellt.

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Durach, Maxim. "Giant Plasmonic Energy and Momentum Transfer on the Nanoscale." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2009. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/phy_astr_diss/42.

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We have developed a general theory of the plasmonic enhancement of many-body phenomena resulting in a closed expression for the surface plasmon-dressed Coulomb interaction. It is shown that this interaction has a resonant nature. We have also demonstrated that renormalized interaction is a long-ranged interaction whose intensity is considerably increased compared to bare Coulomb interaction over the entire region near the plasmonic nanostructure. We illustrate this theory by re-deriving the mirror charge potential near a metal sphere as well as the quasistatic potential behind the so-called perfect lens at the surface plasmon (SP) frequency. The dressed interaction for an important example of a metal–dielectric nanoshell is also explicitly calculated and analyzed. The renormalization and plasmonic enhancement of the Coulomb interaction is a universal effect, which affects a wide range of many-body phenomena in the vicinity of metal nanostructures: chemical reactions, scattering between charge carriers, exciton formation, Auger recombination, carrier multiplication, etc. We have described the nanoplasmonic-enhanced Förster resonant energy transfer (FRET) between quantum dots near a metal nanoshell. It is shown that this process is very efficient near high-aspect-ratio nanoshells. We have also obtained a general expression for the force exerted by an electromagnetic field on an extended polarizable object. This expression is applicable to a wide range of situations important for nanotechnology. Most importantly, this result is of fundamental importance for processes involving interaction of nanoplasmonic fields with metal electrons. Using the obtained expression for the force, we have described a giant surface-plasmoninduced drag-effect rectification (SPIDER), which exists under conditions of the extreme nanoplasmonic confinement. Under realistic conditions in nanowires, this giant SPIDER generates rectified THz potential differences up to 10 V and extremely strong electric fields up to 10^5-10^6 V/cm. It can serve as a powerful nanoscale source of THz radiation. The giant SPIDER opens up a new field of ultraintense THz nanooptics with wide potential applications in nanotechnology and nanoscience, including microelectronics, nanoplasmonics, and biomedicine. Additionally, the SPIDER is an ultrafast effect whose bandwidth for nanometric wires is 20 THz, which allows for detection of femtosecond pulses on the nanoscale.

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Abid, Ines. "Plasmonique hybride : propriétés optiques de nanostructures Au-TMD, couplage plasmon-exciton." Thesis, Toulouse 3, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017TOU30333/document.

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Récemment, la famille des dichalcogénures de métaux de transition (TMDs) (MoS2, WS2, MoSe2...) a suscité l'intérêt de nombreuses équipes de recherche en raison de leurs propriétés optiques, électroniques et spintroniques exceptionnelles. Ma thèse est centrée sur l'association de monocouches de TMDs à des nano-structures plasmoniques. Ces dernières apportent une exaltation des propriétés d'absorption, de diffusion et d'émission optiques qui peuvent être mises à profit dans divers domaines d'applications tels que l'opto-électronique, la photo-catalyse ou les capteurs. Dans une première partie je me suis intéressée à l'interaction plasmon-exciton dans des systèmes hybrides constitués de couches de MoSe2 élaborés par dépôt chimique en phase vapeur (CVD) et transférées sur les nanodisques d'or. La résonance plasmon est contrôlée par le diamètre et la séparation entre les nano-disques. Grâce à des mesures de transmission optique et de photoluminescence, et à une analyse détaillée des réponses spectrales basée sur un modèle analytique et des simulations numériques, j'ai mis en évidence un couplage de type Fano entre les plasmons de surface des nanodisques et les transitions excitoniques de MoSe2. J'ai étudié la dépendance de ce couplage en fonction de la taille des disques, du nombre de monocouches de MoSe2 déposées et aussi en fonction de la température. Une analyse quantitative des résultats a été menée en simulant numériquement non seulement le champ local plasmonique mais aussi son couplage avec le moment dipolaire des transitions excitoniques. Pour compléter l'exploration des propriétés optiques du système MoSe2@Au, je me suis intéressée à la diffusion Raman dans des conditions d'excitation résonante et non-résonante de la transition hybride plasmon-exciton. L'idée principale étant que la résonance plasmonique apporte une exaltation de la diffusion Raman par effet SERS (Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering) tandis que les transitions excitoniques contribuent par l'effet Raman résonnant. Cette combinaison des résonances plasmonique et excitonique conduit à un effet SERS résonant. J'ai ainsi pu distinguer les contributions relatives de ces deux résonances, notamment grâce à l'imagerie confocale de la diffusion Raman. J'ai également montré que, dans ces conditions d'excitation résonnante de la transition plasmon-exciton, un phénomène d'hyperthermie a lieu. la modélisation par simulation numérique du champ proche optique et de la diffusion Raman a été utile pour comprendre les principaux facteurs limitatifs de l'exaltation Raman. Ensuite, la couche de MoSe2 a été utilisée comme substrat de nanoparticules d'Au. Les mesures de photoluminescence ont révélé une extinction quasi-totale de l'émission de la photoluminescence. Afin d'expliquer ce phénomène, deux possibilités ont été discutés : (i) le passage de la structure de bande électronique de la couche de TMD d'un semiconducteur à gap direct à indirect à cause de la contrainte imposée par les nanoparticules d'Au (ii) le désordre structural dû au dépôt des nanoparticules d'Au (iii) le transfert des porteurs photo- générés du semiconducteur vers le métal. Grâce aux mesures Raman, et à l'émission radiative des nanoparticules d'Au, j'ai mis en évidence un phénomène de transfert de charges entre le semi conducteur et le métal. Pour compléter les interprétations proposées, j'ai mené une étude comparative avec les propriétés optiques de couche de TMD couvertes \nolinebreak de silice. Ce travail de thèse a été mené au sein du groupe NeO du CEMES et dans le cadre d'une collaboration avec le groupe du Professeur Jun Lou de l'université de Rice à Houston
Transition metal dichalcogenide materials (TMDs) are increasingly gaining attention, due to their unique optical, spintronic, and electronic properties. These properties result from the ultimate confinement in 2D monolayers of a direct band-gap semiconductor and the lack of inversion symmetry in the crystallographic structure. To control and enhance the optical response of these materials, it is interesting to integrate them with plasmonic nano-resonators. The TMDs/plasmonic hybrid systems have been extensively studied for plasmon-enhanced optical signals, photocatalysis, photodetectors, and solar cells. In this context, this thesis deals with the interaction between TMD monolayers and gold nanostructures. In a first part, an hybrid system composed of CVD grown MoSe2 monolayers transferred on gold nanodisks was studied. Surface plasmon resonance was tuned by controlling the nanodisks size and the inter-disks separation. The optical properties of the nanostructures are probed by means of spatially resolved optical transmission and photoluminescence spectroscopies. Fano-type coupling regime between the surface plasmon of the gold nanodisks and the MoSe2 exciton was evidenced by a quantitative analysis of the optical extinction spectra based on an analytical model. Our interpretations were supported by numerical simulations. The number of MoSe2 monolayer dependence as well as the Temperature dependence of the plasmon-exciton interaction was investigated. Our results were quantatively analysed on the nanometric scale by studying the local electromagnetic near-field and the excitonic transition dipole momentum interaction. Furthermore, the Raman scattering of MoSe2@Au system was carried out. A particular situation was investigated where a resonant interaction between the surface plasmon of nanodisks and A exciton of v occur. The contribution of these two resonances leads to a resonant surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERRS) effect. The Raman Scattering excitation is selected to resonantly excite the Surface Plasmon resonance and MoSe2 excitonic transition simultaneously. The relative contribution of the surface Plasmon and the confined exciton to the resonant Raman scattering signal is pointed out. In this resonant condition, a hyperthermia effect was detected. Numerical simulations of the SERS gain were useful to figure out the main factors affecting the SERS intensity enhancement in MoSe2@Au. In a second part, the TMD monolayer was used as a substrate of Au nanoparticles. Au nanoislands were deposited on mono- and few-layered MoSe2 flakes. Photoluminescence (PL) measurements revealed a net quenching of the MoSe2 photoluminescence. To figure out the origin of this quenching three possibilities were discussed (i) the charge transfer between the TMD monolayer and the Au particles (ii) the direct to indirect gap transition of the TMD electronic band structure caused by the strain induced by the metal deposition (iii) structural disorder imparted by the nanoparticles in the TMD/metal interface. Owing to the Raman scattering measurements and using the radiative emission of the gold nanoparticles, we evidenced a charge transfetrt between the metallic nanostructures and the semiconductor. In order to complement our interpretations a comparative study with respect to optical properties of TMD covered by a silica film was carried out. The present work was held within the NeO group in CEMES, in a frame of a collaboration with the group of thr Pr. Jun Lou from Rice university, Houston

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Huber, Jana. "Plasmonic resonances in metallic nanoarrays." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Materialfysik, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-262269.

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The optical and magneto-optical response of plasmonic resonances in metallic nanoarrays out of square structures, either in holes or islands, were investigated. The excitation of the Bragg Plasmons takes place within a grating. Significant differences in the excited plasmon modes were seen by using p- or s-polarized light as well between the holes and islands sample. In order to investigate magneto-optical response from the magnetic nanostrucures, transverse magneto-optical Kerr effect (TMOKE) measurements were done with the result that there is a difference in holes and islands sample. Contrary to what is generally expected for the polarization dependence of TMOKE, a TMOKE signal for s-polarized light on the holes sample was measured.

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Kurth, Martin L. "Plasmonic nanofocusing and guiding structures for nano-optical sensor technology." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2018. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/118670/1/Martin_Kurth_Thesis.pdf.

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This thesis investigated factors affecting the sensitivity of nano-optical sensors that could be used for the detection of trace amounts of explosives and environmental pollutants in air. By delivering air to regions of enhanced electric field produced by metallic nanostructures, as well as using structures that localise and guide light at nanoscale levels, detection limits can be reduced.

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Katzmann, Julia. "Untersuchungen zur effizienten Herstellung von Substraten für die oberflächenverstärkte Infrarotspektroskopie." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-193518.

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Metallische Nanostäbe mit einer Länge im Mikrometer-Bereich wirken als Antennen für infrarotes Licht: Indem unter Lichteinfall eine kollektive Schwingung der Leitungselektronen angeregt wird (ein sogenanntes Plasmon), wird das elektrische Feld an den Stabenden stark konzentriert. Besonders starke Feldkonzentrationen treten auf, wenn zwei Antennenarme durch eine schmale Lücke getrennt sind (Dimerantenne). Somit können die Antennen Licht-Materie-Wechselwirkungen -- wie beispielsweise die Absorption infraroten Lichtes von Molekülen -- verstärken. Dieses als oberflächenverstärkte Infrarotabsorption (SEIRA) bezeichnete Phänomen ist sehr nützlich, um Signale in der Infrarotspektroskopie zu verstärken. Diese Arbeit widmet sich der effizienten Herstellung von metallischen Nanostäben für SEIRA. Im ersten Schwerpunktthema werden Dimerantennen, die per Elektronenstrahllithographie (EBL) hergestellt wurden und eine auflösungsbegrenzte Lücke aufweisen, durch eine photochemische Reduktion von Metallsalzkomplexen nachträglich vergrößert. Dadurch verringert sich die Lückengröße und erreicht Werte deutlich unter der Auflösungsgrenze der EBL. Es wird gezeigt, dass diese photochemische Abscheidung die IR-optischen Eigenschaften der Dimerantennen durch plasmonische Kopplung entscheidend verändert. Zudem steigt die Infrarotabsorption von in der Lücke befindlichen Molekülen mit sinkender Lückengröße. Im zweiten Schwerpunktthema liegt der Fokus auf der günstigen Fabrikation einer Vielzahl von IR-Antennen in einem parallelen Prozess. Dabei werden poröse Template aus anodisiertem Aluminiumoxid (AAO) als Negativ für die herzustellenden Metallstäbe benutzt. Es wird zuerst gezeigt, dass die Poren des Templates durch die photochemische Reduktion von Goldsalzkomplexen befüllt werden können. Für eine gezielte Einstellung der Stäbchenlänge und die Generierung einer nanoskaligen Lücke wird weiterhin die elektrochemische Befüllung der Template untersucht. Die hiermit hergestellten IR-Antennen werden vereinzelt, auf ein Substrat aufgetragen und hinsichtlich ihrer Struktur und ihrer IR-optischen Eigenschaften charakterisiert. Die Vor- und Nachteile der untersuchten Herstellungsmethoden und ihre Eignung für die Fabrikation von IR-Antennen für SEIRA werden diskutiert
Metallic nanorods with lengths in the micrometer regime act as antennas for infrared light: As incident light excites a collective oscillation of the conduction electrons (a so-called plasmon), the electric field is concentrated at the rod ends. In case two antenna arms are separated by a small gap (dimer antenna), a particularly high field concentration occurs. Thereby the antennas are capable of enhancing light-matter-interaction -- for example the absorption of infrared light by molecules. This phenomenon, termed as surface enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA), is very useful to enhance absorption signals in infrared spectroscopy. This thesis attends to the efficient fabrication of metallic nanorods for SEIRA. The first topic in focus is the manipulation of dimer antennas fabricated by electron beam lithography (EBL), featuring a gap of resolution-limited size. By applying a photochemical reduction of metal salt complexes in solution, the dimer arms are subsequently enlarged. Thereby the gap size is reduced and reaches values clearly below the resolution limit of EBL. It is shown that the IR optical properties of dimer antennas dramatically change during photochemical metal deposition. This is due to plasmonic coupling. Additionally, the absorption of infrared light by molecules located in the gap increases with decreasing gap size. The second topic in focus is the cheap fabrication of a large number of IR antennas in a parallel process. Here, porous templates of anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) are used as a negative for the metal rods to be fabricated. Firstly, it is shown that the pores of the template can be filled by photochemical reduction of gold salt complexes. For a targeted adjustment of the rod lengths and the generation of a nanoscale gap, secondly, the electrochemical filling of acsu AAO is investigated. The IR antennas prepared by this method are extracted from the template, transferred to a substrate, and individually characterized in terms of their structure and IR optical properties. Advantages and drawbacks of the fabrication methods investigated in this work as well as their applicability to the fabrication of IR antennas for SEIRA are being discussed

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Constant, Thomas J. "Optical excitation of surface plasmon polaritons on novel bigratings." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/9001.

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This thesis details original experimental investigations in to the interaction of light with the mobile electrons at the surface of metallic diffraction gratings. The gratings used in this work to support the resultant trapped surface waves (surface plasmon polaritons), may be divided into two classes: ‘crossed’ bigratings and ‘zigzag’ gratings. Crossed bigratings are composed of two diffraction gratings formed of periodic grooves in a metal surface, which are crossed at an angle relative to one another. While crossed bigratings have been studied previously, this work focuses on symmetries which have received comparatively little attention in the literature. The gratings explored in this work possesses two different underlying Bravais lattices: rectangular and oblique. Control over the surface plasmon polariton (SPP) dispersion on a rectangular bigrating is demonstrated by the deepening of one of the two constituent gratings. The resulting change in the diffraction efficiency of the surface waves leads to large SPP band-gaps in one direction across the grating, leaving the SPP propagation in the orthogonal direction largely unperturbed. This provides a mechanism to design surfaces that support highly anisotropic propagation of SPPs. SPPs on the oblique grating are found to mediate polarisation conversion of the incident light field. Additionally, the SPP band-gaps that form on such a surface are shown to not necessarily occur at the Brillouin Zone boundaries of this lattice, as the BZ boundary for an oblique lattice is not a continuous contour of high-symmetry points. The second class of diffraction grating investigated in this thesis is the new zigzag grating geometry. This grating is formed of sub-wavelength (non-diffracting) grooves that are ‘zigzagged’ along their length to provide a diffractive periodicity for visible frequency radiation. The excitation and propagation of SPPs on such gratings is investigated and found to be highly polarisation selective. The first type of zigzag grating investigated possesses a single mirror plane. SPP excitation to found to be dependant on which diffracted order of SPP is under polarised illumination. The formation of SPP band-gaps is also investigated, finding that the band-gap at the first Brillouin Zone boundary is forbidden by the grating’s symmetry. The final grating considered is a zigzag grating which possesses no mirror symmetry. Using this grating, it is demonstrated that any polarisation of incident light may resonantly drive the same SPP modes. SPP propagation on this grating is found to be forbidden in all directions for a range of frequencies, forming a full SPP band-gap.

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Prabhu, G. Radhakrishna. "Studies On Surface Plasmon Resonance And Related Experimental Methods Using Fixed Plasmon Angle." Thesis, Indian Institute of Science, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/2005/205.

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Surface plasmon waves are transverse magnetic electromagnetic waves propagating along a dielectric-metal interface. These waves can be excited by resonant absorption of electromagnetic radiation leading to surface plasmon resonance (SPR) at the interface. The resonance is characterised by a reduction in the intensity of the reflected light at the interface due to strong coupling of incident optical radiation to surface plasmons. This gives rise to a minimum at a sharply defined angle of incidence, referred to as SPR angle or plasmon angle. The phenomenon of SPR has been extensively used in the past to develop reflective type optical devices for sensing applications on account of the high dielectric function dependent sensitivity of the SPR angle. Basically, devices which exhibit this phenomenon have a structure consisting of a metal film sandwiched between two dielectrics. The reflectivity of such a device is theoretically modelled based on either theory of thin films (Fresnel's model) or theory of resonance (Lorentzian model). These models have very effectively predicted the behaviour of such devices based on the shift in SPR angle due to the dielectric function variations. We have been investigating the SPR device for intensity based metrological applications utilising its high angular sensitive reflectivity, with fixed SPR angle. In these intensity based applications or measurements, direct and simple expressions connecting intensity variation to angular change are unavailable in the literature and quantitative estimation or data inversion is based on either curve fitting or iterative methods. Fresnel and Lorentzian models have commonly been used in the experiments but data inversion through the Fresnel model is computationally complex and the Lorentzian model, although less complicated, gives erroneous results due to its approximate nature. In order to obtain a simple expression between intensity variation and the angular change, we have re-looked at the two existing models in order to derive an expression which has the simplicity of the Lorentzian model and the accuracy of the Fresnel model in the experiments with fixed plasmon angles. These efforts have been particularly directed to understand the relationship between intensity variation and meteorologically important properties of such devices. This thesis is an attempt to summarize the computational results which have led us to some novel experimental methodologies which have been used to exploit these devices for inverse type, illumination specific, SPR based applications. The work presented in this thesis is organised in six chapters. Chapter 1, gives an overview of optical sensing, theory of surface plasmons, excitation schemes for surface plasmons, development of the SPR device and its characterisation. It also includes a brief literature review in the area of surface plasmon resonance, covering both the theoretical and experimental aspects. The objectives of the work and the scope of the thesis are also presented. Chapter 2 presents the existing models of SPR device, based on Fresnel's and the Lorentzian models. These models allow reflectance calculations from knowledge of either the optical parameters that describe the layers or the parameters of the waves that propagate through them. Using these models, the inverse problem of estimating either the angle of incidence or the optical constants of the layers of the sensors utilizing the intensity based measurements is generally difficult. In order to solve this problem where the plasmon angles are fixed, a modified formalism for the angle scanned SPR spectrum of a three-layered SPR sensor is presented in this chapter. The new formalism regroups the wave vector parameters of Lorentzian resonance theory into a set of non-dimensional parameters 1, 4K and R. The new reflectivity index (1), which is the ratio of reflectance to the absorptance, has been introduced to help explain the physical processes underlying the device operation in the high sensitivity region of the characteristics. The parameter 4Kis a constant of the device and it depends on the dielectric constants of the device. This is a new SPR index and is identified at a point where reflectance and absorptance match. Parameter R is related to the loss mechanisms in the device and will be explained in detail in Chapter 3. This simple model links the new reflectivity index (1) to the angular detune from SPR angle (ΔƟ) and it brings out a parabolic variation of ΔƟ with 1. In this chapter the mathematical derivation of the proposed model is presented and the significance of the new parameters 1, 4Kand Rare discussed. Chapter 3 evaluates the characteristic nature of errors associated with the predictions from the proposed model and presents methods for neutralizing them. It is demonstrated with the help of the function K which is linearly dependant on 1, that the proposed model predicts the reflectance from the wave vector parameters as accurately as the Fresnel's model. This R parameter explains the slowly varying nature of the radiative loss with the angle of incidence and this variation contributes significantly to the SPR characteristics. As a consequence, it is found that the SPR characteristics can be represented as a sum of two primary functions which are parabolic and linear, respectively, and this leads to the easy explanation of the SPR characteristics. The present chapter also discusses a new observation that the angle-scanned SPR spectrum can be accurately described using a straight line in intercept form. The intercept value depends on 4Kand the slope depends on K. In addition to this, this chapter discusses practical methods for estimation of the intercept and the slope of such a straight line which are functions of the key wave vector parameters. A detailed discussion on the proposed model highlighting its advantages for inverse type, illumination specific, SPR-based applications with fixed SPR angle is also presented. Chapter 4 describes the applications of the proposed model for optical constant measurements. The first part highlights a new approach for the determination of the dielectric constants of the metal film used for the optimised- or nearly-optimised SPR sensors using the proposed model. In the complex dielectric constant, the real part is calculated from the SPR angle and the imaginary part from 4K. A discussion on the dielectric constant study of silver and gold metal film is presented. The advantages of the proposed approach such as its simplicity and direct methodology are then discussed. The second part of the chapter also proposes a new approach to carry out measurements on the absorbance of the medium with enhanced sensitivity utilising the parameter 4K It describes a computational study on the variation of 4K values with the dielectric function and highlights the relationship of 4K variation due to the imaginary part of the dielectric function (absorption) of the samples. The physical processes causing a change in the value of 4Kdue to absorption is also discussed along with some computational results. Chapter 5 reports the study carried out to bring out the importance of the new index,4K in metrological applications. Based on the new model, the effect of the laser beam divergence on SPR curve is studied. This chapter first of all discusses the design of the SPR device and the new methods for the development and characterisation of such a device. Details of the experimental procedure for laser divergence evaluation are proposed along with some of the significant computational results. Furthermore, a few applications such as focal length measurement of optical lenses, micro-displacement measurement based on the divergence of the laser beam are also reported. Since the SPR characteristics can be represented easily using the new model, the angular dependent intensity variation can be utilised for some metrological applications with simple data processing. In this context, the high angular sensitivity of the SPR device is studied and some applications such as micro-displacement measurement, pressure measurement and optical wedge angle measurement are included to highlight the above advantages. The last chapter, Chapter 6, gives a summary and conclusions of the work presented in the thesis. The scope for future investigations is also included in this chapter.

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Břínek, Lukáš. "Application of Plasmon Polaritons in Nanophotonics." Doctoral thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-234583.

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Práce pojednává o vlastnostech plazmonických antén v infračervené a viditelné oblasti. Práce zahrnuje výrobu, měření a numerické modelování optických vlastností antén. Infračervené plazmonické antény na absorbujícím substrátu (SRON) jsou studovány pro jejich rezonanční a absorpční vlastnosti. Byla nalezena geometrie antény, která poskytuje maximální účinnost absorpce ve SRON vrstvě. Dále je studována možnost zesílení daného vibračního módu substrátu (obsahujícího 3-4 materiálové rezonance) pomocí plazmonické rezonance antény. Nakonec jsou prezentována měření katodoluminiscenčních spekter antén ve viditelném spektru.

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Břínek, Lukáš. "Plazmonické rezonanční antény." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-228250.

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Tato diplomová práce se zabývala plazmonickými anténami pro infračervenou oblast spektra elektromagnetického záření. K hledání zesílení pole bylo použito FDTD (Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method) simulací. Podle očekávání, byla shledána lineární závislost rezonanční vlnové délky na délce raménka platinové antény na křemíkovém povrchu. Diplomová práce se také zabývala výrobou antén pomocí fokusovaného iontového svazku (FIB) a následným měřením rezonančních vlastností pomocí mikroskopické metody FT-IR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy). Posun rezonanční vlnové délky byla registrována pouze pro negativní antény. Nakonec se tato práce zabývala vysvětlením saturace křivky závislosti rezonanční vlnové délky na rozměru raménka platinové antény na substrátu ze SRONu (silicon-rich oxynitride).

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Seidel, Jan. "Propagation, Scattering and Amplification of Surface Plasmons in Thin Silver Films." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2005. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:swb:14-1117625135371-32372.

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Plasmons, i.e. collective oscillations of conduction electrons, have a strong influence on the optical properties of metal micro- and nanostructures and are of great interest for novel photonic devices. Here, plasmons on metal-dielectric interfaces are investigated using near-field optical microscopy and differential angular reflectance spectroscopy. Emphasis is placed on the study of plasmon interaction with individual nanostructures and on the nonlinear process of surface plasmon amplification. Specifically, plasmon transmission across single grooves in thin silver films is investigated with the help of a near-field optical microscope. It is found that plasmon transmittance as a function of groove width shows a non-monotonic behavior, exhibiting certain favorable groove widths with strongly decreased transmittance values. Additionally, evidence of groove-mediated plasmon mode coupling is observed. Spatial beating due to different plasmon wave vectors produces distinct interference features in near-field optical images. A theoretical approach explains these observations and gives estimated coupling effciencies deduced from visibility considerations. Furthermore, stimulated emission of surface plasmons induced by optical pumping using an organic dye solution is demonstrated for the first time. For this a novel twin-attenuated-total-reflection scheme is introduced. The experiment is described by a theoretical model which exhibits very good agreement. Together they provide clear evidence of the claimed process.

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Wang, Tao. "Excitation électrique de plasmons de surface avec un microscope à effet tunnel." Phd thesis, Université Paris Sud - Paris XI, 2012. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00868784.

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Pour la première fois, en associant un microscope à effet tunnel (STM) et un microscope optique inversé,nous avons imagé les plasmons de surface excités électriquement sur un film d'or avec la pointe d'un STM.Par microscopie de fuite radiative, en observant l'image de l'interface air/or et celle du plan de Fourierassocié, nous avons distingué les plasmons propagatifs des plasmons localisés sous la pointe. Les plasmonspropagatifs sont caractérisés par une distance de propagation et une direction d'émission en accord aveccelles de plasmons propagatifs créés par excitation laser sur des films d'or de mêmes épaisseurs. Les fuitesradiatives des plasmons localisés s'étalent jusqu'à l'angle maximum d'observation. Plasmons propagatifs etlocalisés ont une large bande spectrale dans le visible. Si la pointe est plasmonique (en argent), lesplasmons localisés ont une composante supplémentaire due au couplage associé. Pour différents types depointe, nous avons déterminé les intensités relatives des plasmons localisés et propagatifs. Nous trouvonsque chaque mode plasmon (propagatif ou localisé) peut être préférentiellement sélectionné en modifiant lematériau de la pointe et sa forme. Une pointe en argent produit une intensité élevée de plasmons localisés,tandis qu'une pointe fine de tungstène (rayon de l'apex inférieur à 100 nm) produit essentiellement desplasmons propagatifs. Nous avons étudié la cohérence spatiale des plasmons propagatifs excités par la pointe du STM. Avec un film d'or opaque (épaisseur 200 nm) percé de paires de nanotrous nous avons réalisé une expérienceanalogue à celle des fentes d'Young. Des franges d'interférences sont observées. La mesure de leurvisibilité en fonction de la distance des nanotrous donne une longueur de cohérence des plasmons de 4.7±0.5 μm. Cette valeur, très proche de la valeur 3.7± 1.2 μm déduite de la largeur de la distribution spectraledes plasmons, indique que l'élargissement spectral des plasmons propagatifs est homogène.Nous avons aussi étudié la diffusion des plasmons propagatifs excités par la pointe du STM par desnanoparticules d'or déposées sur un film d'épaisseur 50 nm. Nous observons une diffusion élastique et unediffusion radiative. Des franges d'interférences sont observées dans la région d'émission lumineuseinterdite du plan de Fourier, dont la période est inversement proportionnelle à la distancepointe-nanoparticule d'or avec un facteur de proportionnalité égal à la longueur d'onde moyenne desplasmons. Il y a donc interférence entre la radiation des plasmons localisés et la radiation provenant de ladiffusion des plasmons propagatifs sur les nanoparticules d'or. Ceci indique que les plasmons localisés etpropagatifs excités électriquement par la pointe du STM sont différentes composantes du plasmon uniqueproduit par effet tunnel inélastique avec la pointe du STM. Ces résultats originaux sur les plasmons créés sur film d'or par un effet tunnel inélastique localisé à l'échelle atomique (i) élargissent la compréhension du processus et (ii) offrent des perspectives intéressantes pour une association de la nanoélectronique et de la nanophotonique.

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Tetz, Kevin. "Plasmonics in the near-infrared spatial, spectral, and temporal studies of surface plasmon polaritons /." Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2006. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3233747.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2006.
Title from first page of PDF file (viewed December 4, 2006). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-139).

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See, Erich M. "Plasmon Directed Chemical Reactivity and Nanoparticle Self-Assembly." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/85400.

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Nanotechnology has advanced to the point that nanoparticles can now be fabricated in a broad variety of shapes from a wide range of materials, each with their own properties and uses. As the list of manufacturable particles continues to grow, a new frontier presents itself: assembling these existing nanoparticles into more complicated nanoscale structures. The primary objective of this thesis is to demonstrate and characterize one such method of nanoscale construction, the plasmonically directed self-assembly of gold nanospheres onto both silver nanospheroids and gold nanorods. At the heart of this research is a the use of a photocleavable ligand (1-(6-Nitrobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)ethyl(4-(1,2-Dithiolan-3-yl)butyl) carbamate), which is capable of forming a photoreactive self-assembly monolayer (SAM) on gold and silver surfaces. After photoactivation, this SAM becomes positively charged at low pH, allowing it to electrostatically bind with negatively charged gold nanospheres (or other negatively charged nanoparticles). In this thesis, I describe both a secondary photoreaction that this ligand is capable post-photocleavage, which removes the ligand's ability to bind to negatively charged gold nanospheres, allowing for, among other assembly methods, reverse photopatterning. I further show that this photocleavable ligand can be used in conjunction with gold nanospheres to create aligned, metal structures on silver nanospheroid surface by exposure to linearly polarized UV light. Similarly, I also demonstrate how the ligand can be used to preferentially bind gold nanospheres to the ends of gold nanorods with the use of ultrafast femtosecond pulsed 750 nm laser light, making use of multi-photon absorption. Both methods of self-assembly, as well as the secondary photoreaction, are dependent on the plasmonics of the metal nanoparticles. This thesis also goes into the backgrounds of plasmonics, plasmonically mediated catalysis, self-assembly, and photocleavable chemicals.
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Ajib, Rabih. "Propagation of light in Plasmonic multilayers." Thesis, Université Clermont Auvergne‎ (2017-2020), 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017CLFAC040/document.

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La plasmonique vise à utiliser des nanostructures métalliques très petites devant la longueur d’onde pour manipuler la lumière. Les structures métalliques sont particulières parce qu’elles contiennent un plasma d’électrons libres qui conditionne complètement leur réponse optique. Notamment, lorsque la lumière se propage à proximité des métaux, sous forme de mode guidés comme les plasmons et les gap-palsmons, elle est souvent lente, présentant une vitesse de groupe faible. Dans ce travail, nous présentons une analyse physique qui permet de comprendre cette faible vitesse en considérant le fait que l’énergie se déplace à l’opposé de la lumière dans les métaux. Nous montrons que la vitesse de groupe est égale à la vitesse de l’énergie pour ces modes guidés, et proposons la notion de ralentissement plasmonique. Finalement, nous étudions comment cette « trainée plasmonique » rend une structure aussi simple qu’un coupleur à prisme sensible à la répulsion entre les électrons du plasma
The field of plasmonics aims at manipulating light using deeply subwavelength nanostructures. Such structures present a peculiar optical response because of the free electron plasma they contain. Actually, when light propagates in the vicinity of metals, usually under the form of a guided mode, it presents a low group velocity. Such modes, like plasmons and gap-plasmons, are said to be slow. In this work we present a general physical analysis of this phenomenon by studying how the energy propagates in metals in a direction that is opposite to the propagation direction of the mode. We show that the group velocity and the energy velocity are the same, and finally introduce the concept of plasmonic drag. Finally, we study how slow guided modes make structures as simple as prism couplers sensitive to the repulsion between electrons inside the plasma

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Rodrigues, Marcos Renan Flores. "Estudo e caracterização de nanopartículas de Fe3O4, Fe2O3, Fe3O4/ Aunanop E Fe2O3/Aunanop." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/184573.

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Nanopartículas de Fe3O4 e Fe2O3 foram sintetizadas a partir da rota de coprecipitação, em atmosfera de N2, mantendo-se o pH entre 9 e 14 na temperatura ambiente e utilizando como precursores o FeCl2 e FeCl3. Após a síntese, as nanopartículas foram tratadas termicamente a 250, 500 e 800 oC. Para obtenção de um sistema híbrido, foram sintetizadas nanopartículas de ouro sobre as nanopartículas de óxido previamente tratadas em diferentes temperaturas. As amostras foram caracterizadas por UV-Vis, difratometria de Raios-X (DRX), microscopia eletrônica de transmissão (MET), microscopia eletrônica de transmissão de alta resolução (MET-AR), espectroscopia no na região do infravermelho (FTIR), magnometria de amostra vibrante (VSM) e espectroscopia Mossbauer (EM), e aplicadas para produção de hidrogênio promovendo a decomposição da hidrazina. Os resultados mostram a síntese de nanopartículas de óxido de ferro com diâmetro médio de cerca de 7 nm. Quando aquecidas a 250 oC o tamanho médio aumentou para ca. de 11 nm e foi observado uma pequena mudança no comportamento óptico e estrutural, mantendo o comportamento superparamagnetico. Quando aquecidas a 500 oC o tamanho médio aumenta para ca. de 50nm e são observadas mudanças significativas nas propriedades ópticas, morfológicas, estruturais. Adicionalmente observa-se transição de comportamento superparamagnetico para paramagnético. Quando aquecidas a 800 oC os efeitos nas propriedades dos materiais são ainda mais significativos; as partículas apresentam tamanho médio de 200 nm, o espectro de absorção no UV-Vis muda significativamente e as partículas passam a ter comportamento pagamagnético. Os resultados obtidos pelas diferentes técnicas e somadas ao Mossbauer sugerem que as amostras sintetizadas são uma mistura de Fe3O4 e -Fe2O3, quando aquecido a 250 e 500 oC uma mistura de -Fe2O3 e -Fe2O3 e a 800 oC somente -Fe2O3. As nanopartículas de ouro sintetizadas sobre as amostras de oxido de ferro apresentaram tamanho médio de 6,0 nm e não afetaram as propriedades magnéticas dos oxidos. As amostras de óxido com nanopartículas de ouro promoveram a decomposição da hidrazina por rota completa, levando a formação de hidrogênio com seletividade de até 33%.
Fe3O4 and Fe2O3 nanoparticles were synthesized by coprecipitation route carried out under N2 atmosphere, maintaining the pH between 9 and 14 at room temperature and using FeCl2 and FeCl3 as precursors. After synthesis the iron oxide nanoparticles were thermally treated at 250, 500 and 800 oC. To obtain a hybrid system, gold nanoparticles were synthesized on the thermally treated oxide nanoparticles. The samples were analyzed by UV-Vis, X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (MET-AR), spectroscopy in the region of Infrared (FTIR), vibrating sample magnitude (VSM) and Mossbauer, and applied to produce H2 through hydrazine decomposition. The results show the synthesis of Fe3O4 nanoparticles with average diameter of about 7 nm. When heated to 250 oC the average size increased to about 11 nm and a small change in the optical and structural behavior was observed, while the superparamegnetic behaviour was maintained. When heated to 500 °C, the average particle size increase to ca 51nm, significant changes in the optical, morphological and structural properties are observed, in addition to a transition from superparamegnetic to paramagnetic behaviour. When heated to 800 oC the effects on the properties are even more significant; the nanoparticles increase to ca. 200 nm, the absorption spectrum in UV-Vis changes significantly and the particles present paramagnetic behaviour. The results suggest that when heated to 250 and 500 oC a mixture of -Fe2O3 e -Fe2O3 is obtained, after heating at 800 oC only -Fe2O3 is observed. The gold nanoparticles synthesized on the iron oxides present average size of 6.0 nm, and did not affect the magnetic properties of the oxides. The iron oxides/gold nanoparticle samples were efficiently applied to produce hydrogen, promoting the decomposition of hydrazin. The selectivity to hydrogen reached up to 33%.

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Rahbany, Nancy. "Towards integrated optics at the nanoscale : plasmon-emitter coupling using plasmonic structures." Thesis, Troyes, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016TROY0003/document.

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L'objectif de ce travail de thèse est d'étudier le couplage plasmon-émetteur dans des structures plasmoniques hybrides, visant à renforcer l’interaction lumière-matière à l'échelle nanométrique. Contrairement aux cavités optiques dont le volume de modes est limité par la diffraction, les cavités plasmoniques offrent un unique avantage d’efficacité du confinement sub-longueur d'onde. Cela peut conduire à l’accroissement de la fluorescence des émetteurs placés dans leur voisinage. Pour cela, nous proposons comme dispositif de focalisation une structure intégrée d’un réseau annulaire avec des nanoantennes afin de garantir une meilleure efficacité. Ce dispositif bénéficie du couplage entre des plasmons polaritons de surface (SPP) qui se propagent à partir du réseau et des plasmons localisés de surface (LSP) localisés aux niveaux des nanoantennes afin de parvenir à une augmentation de champ plus élevée. Nous présentons une étude de caractérisation de la plate-forme plasmonique constitué du réseau de diffraction métallique annulaire, d’une nanoantenne en étoile, et la structure intégrée réseau/nanoantenne. Nous montrons comment cette structure peut conduire à une plus grande émission des molécules de colorants ainsi que de centre SiV du diamant. La combinaison du confinement sub-longueur d'onde des LSP et l'énergie élevé des SPP dans notre structure conduit à une focalisation précise qui peut être mis en œuvre pour étudier le couplage plasmon-émetteur dans les régimes de couplage faibles et forts
There is a growing interest nowadays in the study of strong light-matter interaction at the nanoscale, specifically between plasmons and emitters. Researchers in the fields of plasmonics, nanooptics and nanophotonics are constantly exploring new ways to control and enhance surface plasmon launching, propagation, and localization. Moreover, emitters placed in the vicinity of metallic nanoantennas exhibit a fluorescence rate enhancement due to the increase in the electromagnetic field confinement. However, numerous applications such as optical electronics, nanofabrication and sensing devices require a very high optical resolution which is limited by the diffraction limit. Targeting this problem, we introduce a novel plasmonic structure consisting of nanoantennas integrated in the center of ring diffraction gratings. Propagating surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) are generated by the ring grating and couple with localized surface plasmons (LSPs) at the nanoantennas exciting emitters placed in the gap. We provide a thorough characterization of the optical properties of the simple ring grating structure, the double bowtie nanoantenna, and the integrated ring grating/nanoantenna structure, and study the coupling with an ensemble of molecules as well as single SiV centers in diamond. The combination of the sub-wavelength confinement of LSPs and the high energy of SPPs in our structure leads to precise nanofocusing at the nanoscale, which can be implemented to study plasmon-emitter coupling in the weak and strong coupling regimes

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Lamowski, Simon [Verfasser]. "Theory of Plasmonic Nanostructures : Plasmon-Polaritons and Light-Induced Transport / Simon Lamowski." Konstanz : KOPS Universität Konstanz, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1233203231/34.

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Metzger, Bernd [Verfasser], and Harald [Akademischer Betreuer] Giessen. "Ultrafast nonlinear plasmonics : from dipole nanoantennas to hybrid complex plasmonic structures / Bernd Metzger. Betreuer: Harald Giessen." Stuttgart : Universitätsbibliothek der Universität Stuttgart, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1062951379/34.

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Yin, Xinghui [Verfasser], and Harald [Akademischer Betreuer] Giessen. "Functional complex plasmonics : understanding and realizing chiral and active plasmonic systems / Xinghui Yin ; Betreuer: Harald Giessen." Stuttgart : Universitätsbibliothek der Universität Stuttgart, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1141176394/34.

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Jain, Prashant K. "Plasmons in assembled metal nanostructures." Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28207.

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Thesis (M. S.)--Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008.
Committee Chair: El-Sayed, Mostafa A.; Committee Member: Lyon, L. Andrew; Committee Member: Sherrill, C. David; Committee Member: Wang, Zhong Lin; Committee Member: Whetten, Robert L.

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Gorunmez, Zohre. "Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) Modeling of Nanoscale Plasmonic Substrates for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1563296001850111.

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Burnett, Mathew T. "Microspectroscopy of localised plasmons." Thesis, University of Bath, 2009. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.516954.

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Working with nanoscale optics requires methods and equipment designed for the purpose. This thesis describes the development of techniques and a system for performing highly localised spectroscopy. The system consists of a nanonics multiview 2000 scanning near-field optical microscope, a grating spectrometer and a photonic crystal fibre supercontinuum light source. Discussion of the microscope includes its modes of operation and development of software to collect and analyse data. In order to demonstrate the setup, an example of localised spectroscopy is presented in the form of an investigation of hollow core photonic crystal fibre. Taking spectra of the components of the cladding of these fibres makes it possible to investigate the origins of bandgap guidance. A core focus of nanoscale optics is the interaction of light with metal structures. This field is called plasmonics. Fabrication of structures is presented and requires special facilities and processes. These processes are both time consuming and expensive, both factors that emphasise the need for prior modelling. Forward difference time domain modelling of a proposed structure comprising of a concentrically arranged ring and disk is explored using home written code and a commercial package called CST Microwave Studio. The investigation of this concentric design through modelling shows a very highly localised field enhancement which can be engineered to have a narrow spectral resonance in the near infrared. The interaction of the two components which govern this resonance is explained using a theory called plasmon hybridization. Once the optical behaviour of small metal objects is understood they can be used in other ways. An example of this is shown in Porous Silicon. As a material it provides an excellent template for formation of metal nano-particles. Embedded in a high surface area network of silicon these particles can be used as very effcient catalysts.

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Halabuková, Hana. "Fourierova infračervená spektroskopie na nanostrukturách." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2019. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-402644.

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This master’s thesis deals with the plasmon resonance of the nanostructures of several selected tungsten oxides using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR spectroscopy). The physical principles of the plasmonics, the characteristics of the materials used, as well as the principle of operating and measuring on the FTIR spectrometer, are described in the first part of this thesis. The second part is focused on the preparation of samples and performing measurements on the FTIR spectrometer. This part ends by representing the final spectra and the results obtained.

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Gordon, Joshua Ari. "Coated Nano-particles for Optical Metamaterials and Nano-photonic Applications." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195907.

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The optical properties of a concentric nanometer-sized spherical shell comprised of an (active) 3-level gain medium core and a surrounding plasmonic metal shell are investigated. Current research in optical metamaterials has demonstrated that including lossless plasmonic materials to achieve a negative permittivity in a nano-sized coated spherical particle can lead to novel optical properties such as resonant scattering as well as transparency or invisibility. However, in practice, plasmonic materials have high losses at optical frequencies. It will be demonstrated that a properly designed passive optical spherical core impregnated with a gain medium and coated with a concentric spherical plasmonic nano-shell will have a "super resonant" (SR) lasing state. The operating characteristics of this coated nano-particle (CNP) laser have been obtained numerically for a variety of configurations and will be reported here. Once the optical properties of the isolated active CNP inclusion are established, several examples of optical metamaterials using them as inclusions will be presented and analyzed. In particular, the effective material properties of these optical MTMs will be explored using effective medium theories that are applicable to a variety of inclusion configurations. Two-dimensional (2D) mono-layers of these active CNPs, which form metafilms; three-dimensional (3D) periodic arrays of these active CNPs; and 3D random distributions of these active CNPs will be described. The effective permittivities and refractive indexes of these optical MTMs will be compared and contrasted to those of their active CNP inclusions. In addition to the active MTMs, some examples of nano-photonic applications enabled by the unique properties of these inclusions will also be presented. Specifically metamaterial pigments derived from exploiting the high absorption and low scattering properties of the passive CNP particle will be explored for possible use in color display technology as well as the use of the SR lasing state and localized plasmon resonance of the active CNP for nano-sensing applications.

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Loiselet, Ophelliam. "Synthèse et caractérisation d’agrégats bimétalliques pour la magnéto-plasmonique." Thesis, Lyon, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018LYSE1033/document.

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Depuis plusieurs années les physiciens de la matière condensée s'intéressent aux propriétés optiques et magnétiques des nanoparticules métalliques. Deux propriétés restent largement étudiées : les résonances plasmon localisées et l'anisotropie magnétique à l'échelle nanométrique. Ces deux effets résultant de propriétés électroniques bien différentes sont habituellement rencontrés dans des nanosystèmes distincts. Depuis les années 2000 des études ont montré qu'il était possible de bénéficier de ces deux caractéristiques dans un seul et même système nanométrique. Dans cette thèse, nous nous intéresserons à la combinaison des propriétés magnétiques et plasmoniques dans des systèmes de taille inférieure à la dizaine de nanomètres: les agrégats bimétalliques de CoAg et de CoAu synthétisés par voie physique sous ultravide encapsulés en matrice (alumine et carbone). Nous nous intéresserons à la structure de ces agrégats bimétalliques de différentes stœchiométries et à l'effet de leur environnement à travers l'étude de leurs propriétés optiques, magnétiques et électroniques (par spectroscopie électronique par perte d'énergie (EELS) sur des particules individuelles). Nous montrerons l'effet de la matrice, carbone ou alumine, sur la structure des agrégats ainsi que sur leurs propriétés magnétiques (moment par agrégat, anisotropie). En optique nous verrons également l'importance de la stœchiométrie entre métal noble et cobalt sur les phénomènes d'amortissement et de décalage de résonance plasmon. Enfin nous montrerons la répartition spatiale des plasmons de surface sur des particules unique par des mesures de STEM-EELS
For several years condensed matter physicists have been interested in the optical and magnetic properties of metallic nanoparticles. Two properties remain largely studied: localized plasmon resonances and magnetic anisotropy at the nanoscale. These two effects resulting from very different electronic properties which are usually encountered in separate nanosystems. Since the 2000's, studies have shown that it is possible to benefit from these two characteristics in a single nanometric system. In this thesis, we will focus on the combination of magnetic and plasmonic properties in systems of size less than ten nanometers: bimetallic clusters of CoAg and CoAu synthesized physically under ultrahigh vacuum and embedded in a matrix (alumina and carbon). We will study the structure of these bimetallic clusters of different stoichiometries and the effect of their environment through the investigation of their optical, magnetic and electronic properties (by electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) on individual particles ). We will show the effect of the matrix, carbon or alumina, on the structure of the clusters as well as on their magnetic properties (moment by cluster, anisotropy). In optics we will also see the importance of stoichiometry between noble metal and cobalt on the phenomena of the damping and shifting of the plasmon resonance. Finally we will show the spatial distribution of surface plasmons on single particles by STEM-EELS measurements

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Renger, Jan. "Excitation, Interaction, and Scattering of Localized and Propagating Surface Polaritons." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2006. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:swb:14-1153478195966-65404.

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Surface polaritons, i.e., collective oscillations of the surface charges, strongly influence the optical response at the micro- and nanoscale and have to be accounted for in modern nanotechnology. Within this thesis, certain basic phenomena involving surface polaritons are investigated by means of the semianalytical multiple-multipole (MMP) method. The results are compared to experiments. In the first part, the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) of metal nanoparticles is analyzed. This resonant collective oscillation of the free electrons in a metallic nanoparticle leads to an enhancement and confinement of the local electric field at optical frequencies. The local electric field can be further increased by tailoring the shape of the particle or by using near-field-interacting dimers or trimers of gold nanospheres. The hot spots found under such conditions increase the sensitivity of surface-enhanced Raman scattering by several orders of magnitude and simultaneously reduce the probed volume, thereby providing single-molecule sensitivity. The sub-wavelength-confined strong electromagnetic field associated with a SPR provides the basis for scattering-type near-field optical microscopy or tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, where the metal particle serves as a probe that is scanned laterally in the vicinity of a substrate. The presence of the latter causes a characteristic shift of the SPR towards lower frequencies. This effect originates in the near-field interaction of the surface charges on the objects. Furthermore, the excitation of higher-order modes becomes possible in case of an excitation by a strongly inhomogeneous wave, such as an evanescent wave. These modes may significantly contribute to the near field but have only very little influence on the far-field signature. Instead of using resonant probes, one may place a nonresonant probe in the vicinity of a substrate having a high density of electromagnetic surface states. This also produces a resonance of the light scattering by the system. Especially polar crystals, such as the investigated silicon carbide, feature such a high density of surface phonon polariton states in the mid-infrared spectral region, which can be excited due to the near-field interaction with a polarized particle. Thereby, a resonance is created leading to a strong increase of the electric field at the interface. In the second part of the thesis, special emphasis is put on surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs). Such propagating surface waves can be excited directly by plane waves only at patterned interfaces. This process is studied for the case of a groove. The groove breaks the translational invariance, so that the SPPs can be launched locally at the edges of the groove. Additionally, the mode(s) inside the groove are excited. These modes can basically be understood as metal-insulator-metal cavity modes. Their dispersion strongly depends on the groove width. The cavity behavior caused by the finite depth provides another degree of freedom for optimizing the SPP excitation by plane waves. Thin metallic films deposited on glass offer two different SPP waveguide modes, each of which can be addressed preferentially by a proper choice of the width of the groove. The reflection, transmission, scattering, and the conversion of the modes at discontinuities such as edges, steps, barriers, and grooves can be controlled by appropriately designing the geometry at the nanoscale. Furthermore, the excitation of SPPs at single and multiple slits in thin-film metal waveguides on glass and their propagation and scattering is shown by scanning near-field optical experiments. Such waveguide structures offer a means for transporting light in a confined way. Especially triangularly shaped waveguides can be used to guide light in sub-wavelength spaces
Die Wechselwirkung von elektromagnetischer Strahlung mit subwellenlängenkleinen Teilchen bzw. Oberflächenstrukturen ermöglicht nicht nur eine Miniaturisierung optischer Geräte, sondern erlaubt sehr interessante Anwendungen, beispielsweise in der Sensorik und Nahfeldoptik. In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden die zu Grunde liegenden Effekte im Rahmen der klassischen Elektrodynamik mit Hilfe der semianalytischen Methode der multiplen Multipole (MMP) analysiert, und die Ergebnisse werden mit Experimenten verglichen. Im ersten Teil werden Oberflächenplasmonenresonanzen (engl. surface plasmon resonance - SPR) einzelner und wechselwirkender Metallteilchen untersucht. Die dabei auftretende resonante kollektive Schwingung der freien Elektronen des Partikels bewirkt eine deutliche Erhöhung und Lokalisierung des elektromagnetischen Feldes in seiner Umgebung. Die spektrale Position und die Stärke der SPR eines Nanoteilchens, die von dessen geometrischer Form, Permittivität und Umgebung abhängen, können nur im Grenzfall sehr kleiner Teilchen elektrostatisch beschrieben werden, wohingegen der verwendete semianalytische MMP-Ansatz weitaus flexibler ist und insbesondere auch auf größere Partikel, Teilchen mit komplizierterer Form bzw. Ensembles von Partikeln anwendbar ist. Die betrachteten einzelnen kleinen (< Wellenlänge) Goldkügelchen und Silberellipsoide besitzen eine stark ausgeprägte SPR im sichtbaren optischen Bereich. Diese ist auf eine dipolartige Polarisierung des Teilchens zurückzuführen. Höhere Moden der Polarisation können entweder als Folge von Retardierungseffekten an größeren (mit der Wellenlänge vergleichbaren) Teilchen oder bei der Verwendung inhomogener (z.B. evaneszenter) Wellen angeregt werden. Partikel, die sich in der Nähe eines Substrates befinden, unterliegen der Nahfeldwechselwirkung zwischen den (lichtinduzierten) Oberflächenladungen auf der Oberfläche des Teilchens und des Substrats. Dies führt zu einer Verschiebung der SPR zu niedrigeren Frequenzen und einer Erhöhung des lokalen elektrischen Feldes. Letzteres bildet die Grundlage z.B. der spitzenverstärkten Raman-Spektroskopie und der optischen Nahfeldmikroskopie mit Streulichtdetektion. Dasselbe Prinzip bewirkt ein stark überhöhtes elektrisches Feld zwischen miteinander wechselwirkenden Nanopartikeln, welches z.B. die Sensitivität der oberflächenverstärkten Raman-Mikroskopie um mehrere Größenordnungen steigern kann. Im Gegensatz zur SPR einzelner Nanopartikel kann die Resonanz der Lichtstreuung im Fall eines Partikels in der Nähe eines Substrats aus der durch die Nahfeldwechselwirkung induzierten Anregung elektromagnetischer Oberflächenzustände entstehen. Diese wirken ihrerseits auf das Nanopartikel zurück, wobei eine resonante Lichtstreuung beobachtbar ist. Dieser, am Beispiel einer metallischen Nahfeldsonde über einem Siliziumcarbid-Substrat analysierte, Effekt ermöglicht bei einer ganzen Klasse von polaren Kristallen interessante Anwendungen in der Mikroskopie und Sensorik basierend auf der hohen Dichte von Oberflächenphononpolaritonen dieser Kristalle im mittleren infraroten Spektralbereich und deren nahfeldinduzierten Anregung. Im zweiten Teil der Arbeit werden kollektive Anregungen von Elektronen an Metalloberflächen untersucht. Die dabei auftretenden plasmonischen Oberflächenwellen (engl. surface plasmon polaritons - SPPs) weisen einen exponentiellen Abfall der Intensität senkrecht zur Grenzfläche auf. Diese starke Lokalisierung der Energie an der Oberfläche bildet die Grundlage vieler Anwendungen, z.B. im Bereich der hochempfindlichen Detektion (bio)chemischer Verbindungen oder für eine zweidimensionale Optik (engl. plasmonics). Das Aufheben der Translationsinvarianz längs der Oberfläche ermöglicht die direkte Anregung von SPPs durch ebene Wellen. Die Abhängigkeit dieser Kopplung von der Geometrie wird am Beispiel eines Nanograbens untersucht. Dabei werden neben den SPPs ebenfalls eine oder mehrere Moden im Graben angeregt. Folglich ermöglicht die geeignete Wahl der Grabengeometrie die Optimierung der Umwandlung von ebenen Wellen in SPPs. Im - in der Praxis weit verbreiteten - Fall asymmetrisch eingebetteter metallischer Dünnschichtwellenleiter existieren zwei Moden. In Abhängigkeit von der Grabenbreite kann die eine oder die andere Mode bevorzugt angeregt werden. Die Analyse der Wechselwirkung von SPPs mit Oberflächenstrukturen, z.B. Kanten, Stufen, Barrieren und Gräben, zeigt die Möglichkeit der Steuerung der Reflexions-, Transmissions- und Abstrahleigenschaften durch die gezielte Wahl der Geometrie der "Oberflächendefekte" auf der Nanoskala und deckt die zu Grunde liegenden Mechanismen und die daraus resultierenden Anforderungen bei der Herstellung neuer plasmonischer Komponenten auf. Exemplarisch wird das Prinzip der SPP-Anregung an einzelnen und mehreren Gräben in dünnen metallischen Filmen sowie der subwellenlängen Feldlokalisierung an sich verjüngenden metallischen Dünnschichtwellenleitern unter Verwendung der optischen Nahfeldmikroskopie experimentell gezeigt

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Hou, Xue. "Nano-objets photo-activés pour le ciblage cellulaire et l’hyperthermie." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019SACLC011/document.

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Les nanoparticules plasmoniquespossèdent des propriétés intéressantes grâce àla résonance de plasmon de surface localisé. Enplus de leur grande efficacité de conversionphotothermique due au plasmon, leconfinement de l’échauffement peut êtremodulé par le type de source lumineuseutilisée (impulsionnelle ou continue). Cespropriétés font des nanoparticulesplasmoniques une solution potentielle pour lathérapie contre le cancer par hyperthermie.Afin de développer une telle applicationbiomédicale, il est nécessaire d'optimiserl'absorption de l'énergie lumineuse et le ciblagedes nanoparticules sur la tumeur considérée.Dans cette thèse, l'influence des électronschauds photo-générés sur l'absorptiond’impulsions laser ultracourtes par lesnanoparticules est d'abord étudiée. Ensuite, untravail effectué avec des chimistes, biologisteset médecins pour l'application desnanoparticules d’or irradiées par impulsionslaser ultracourtes à la thérapie contre le cancerest présenté. Enfin, nous présentons une étudepréliminaire sur la photoluminescence denanoparticules plasmoniques, dont l'origine estencore controversée, en appliquant un modèleprenant en compte la nature non thermale dela distribution d’électrons chauds
Plasmonic nanoparticles possessinteresting properties thanks to the localizedsurface plasmon resonance. In addition totheir high photothermal conversion efficiency,the heat release confinement can bemodulated by the type of light source used(pulsed or continuous laser). These propertiesmake the plasmonic nanoparticles a potentialsolution for cancer therapy by hyperthermia.In order to develop such a biomedicalapplication, it is necessary to optimize theabsorption of light energy and the targeting ofnanoparticles on the tumor considered.In this thesis, the influence of the photogeneratedhot electrons on the absorption ofultrashort laser pulses by nanoparticles is firststudied. Then, a work carried out withchemists, biologists and physicians for theapplication of gold nanoparticles irradiated byultrashort laser pulses to cancer therapy isdescribed. Finally, we present a preliminarystudy on the photoluminescence of plasmonicnanoparticles, the origin of which is stillcontroversial, by applying a model accountingfor the non-thermal nature of the hot electrondistribution

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Nagaraj, Nagaraj. "Effects of Dissipation on Propagation of Surface Electromagnetic and Acoustic Waves." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2012. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc115126/.

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With the recent emergence of the field of metamaterials, the study of subwavelength propagation of plane waves and the dissipation of their energy either in the form of Joule losses in the case of electomagnetic waves or in the form of viscous dissipation in the case of acoustic waves in different interfaced media assumes great importance. with this motivation, I have worked on problems in two different areas, viz., plasmonics and surface acoustics. the first part (chapters 2 & 3) of the dissertation deals with the emerging field of plasmonics. Researchers have come up with various designs in an efort to fabricate efficient plasmonic waveguides capable of guiding plasmonic signals. However, the inherent dissipation in the form of Joule losses limits efficient usage of surface plasmon signal. a dielectric-metal-¬dielectric planar structure is one of the most practical plasmonic structures that can serve as an efficient waveguide to guide electromagnetic waves along the metal-dielectric boundary. I present here a theoretical study of propagation of surface plasmons along a symmetric dielectric-metal-dielectric structure and show how proper orientation of the optical axis of the anisotropic substrate enhances the propagation length. an equation for propagation length is derived in a wide range of frequencies. I also show how the frequency of coupled surface plasmons can be modulated by changing the thickness of the metal film. I propose a Kronig-Penny model for the plasmonic crystal, which in the long wavelength limit, may serve as a homogeneous dielectric substrate with high anisotropy which do not exist for natural optical crystals. in the second part (chapters 4 & 5) of the dissertation, I discuss an interesting effect of extraordinary absorption of acoustic energy due to resonant excitation of Rayleigh waves in a narrow water channel clad between two metal plates. Starting from the elastic properties of the metal plates, I derive a dispersion equation that gives resonant frequencies, which coincide with those observed in the experiment that was performed by Wave Phenomena Group at Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain. Two eigenmodes with different polarizations and phase velocities are obtained from the dispersion equation. at certain critical aperture of the channel, an interesting cutoff effect, which is unusual for an acoustic wave, is observed for one of the eigenmodes with symmetric distribution of the pressure field. the theoretical prediction of the coupling and synchronization of Rayleigh waves strongly supports the experimentally measured shift of the resonant frequencies in the transmission spectra with channel aperture. the observed high level of absorption may find applications in designing metamaterial acoustic absorbers.

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Bartholomew, Richard John. "Dynamic plasmonic metasurfaces in the visible spectrum." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/274755.

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As visual display technologies move closer to producing true three dimensional displays, pixel technologies need to be ever smaller and more functional to keep pushing the boundaries. Plasmonic metasurfaces have been shown to control the phase, amplitude and/or polarisation of incoming electromagnetic radiation. Nano-fabrication advancements have resulted in the fabrication of the building blocks of such metasurfaces at nano-scale dimensions, allowing the surfaces to interact with visible light, opening up applications in visual displays. As pixel sizes shrink, smaller colour filters will be required. The excitation of plasmonic resonances in metallic nano-structure arrays have resulted in colour filters an order of magnitude smaller than what is currently commercially available. As colour filters, plasmonic metasurfaces offer numerous advantages over pigment-based colour filters used in modern commercial liquid crystal (LC) displays, including environmental, size and longevity factors. Furthermore, exploiting the wavelength and polarisation dependant scattering of nano-structures, optical components, including lenses, waveplates and holograms containing sub-wavelength pixels have been demonstrated in the visible wavelength spectrum. The metasurfaces are able to mould optical wavefronts into arbitrary shapes with sub-wavelength resolution by introducing spatial variations in the optical response of the light scatterers. The applications demonstrated so far are, on the whole, static devices, that is to say their optical properties may not be altered post fabrication. To realise the full potential of plasmonic metasurfaces to visual applications the devices must be made active. By activating structural colour surfaces, not only may pixel densities potentially be increased simply by removing the need for separate red, green and blue filters, but a new class of high definition ultra-thin display devices may be accessible, whilst the dynamic manipulation of the wavelength and polarisation properties of nano-scattering elements would open up the possibilities to create sub-wavelength holographic pixels. This thesis investigates ways to activate static metasurfaces for colour, flat optic, and holographic applications. First, methods of dynamic control of the structural colour of plasmonic nano-hole arrays are investigated. By combining nano-hole arrays with liquid crystals, transmissive electrically tunable LC-nanohole pixels operating across the visible spectrum with un-polarised input light are experimentally demonstrated. An output analyser in combination with a nematic LC layer enables pixel colour to be electronically controlled through an applied voltage across the device, where LC re-orientation leads to tunable mixing of the relative contributions from the plasmonic colour input. Furthermore, exploiting the strong surface anchoring effects between an aluminium surface and LC molecules a twisted nematic LC cell, using a metallic grating as a combined colour filter, electrode and alignment layer, was shown to act a variable amplitude colour filter. The colour of these pixels was improved greatly utilising a grating-insulator-grating structure unique to this work. Second, a new process for fabricating aluminium nano-rod structures embedded in an elastomeric medium, with high spatial accuracy, is presented. The process is used to create nano-rod plasmonic resonator arrays whose optical properties may be altered by mechanical deformation. The pattern transfer process is further utilised to create dynamic optical elements, including nano-rod arrays for colour filters, tunable focal length Fresnel zone plates and photon sieves, and stretchable holograms with dynamic replay fields.

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Stone, Edmund K. "Semiconductor surface plasmons : a route to terahertz waveguides and sensors." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/3582.

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The terahertz regime has until recently been some what neglected due to the difficulty of generating and measuring terahertz radiation. Terahertz time domain spectroscopy has allowed for affordable and broadband probing of this frequency regime with phase sensitive measurements (chapter 3). This thesis aims to use this tool to add to the knowledge of the interactions between electromagnetic radiation and matter specifically in regard to plasmonics. This thesis covers several distinct phenomena related to plasmonics at terahertz frequencies. The generation of terahertz radiation from metal nanoparticles is first described in chapter 4. It is shown that the field strength of the plasmon appears to relate to the strength of the generated field. It is also shown that the power dependence of the generated terahertz radiation is not consistent with the optical rectification description of this phenomenon. An alternative explanation is developed which appears more consistent with the observations. A simple model for the power dependence is derived and compared to the experimental results. In chapter 5 the parameters that make good plasmonic materials are discussed. These parameters are used to assess the suitability of semiconductors for terahertz surface plasmon experiments. The Drude permittivity of InSb is measured here, leading to a discussion of terahertz particle plasmons in chapter 6. Finite element method modelling is used to show some merits of these over optical particle plasmons. This also includes a discussion of fabrication methods for arrays of these particles. Finally, chapter 7 is a discussion of so called spoof surface plasmons. This includes some experimental work at microwave frequencies and an in depth analysis of open ended square hole arrays supported by model matching method modelling. Perfect endoscope effects are discussed and compared to superlensing. The thesis ends with a brief conclusions chapter where some of the ideas presented are brought together.

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Li, Zhi. "Controlled nanotherapies using magneto-plasmonic nanodomes." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/667779.

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Con el objetivo de mejorar la concentración de los agentes terapéuticos dentro de tumores y maximizar sus efectos terapéuticos, esta Tesis se centró en el desarrollo de nuevos y versátiles nanocúpulas magneto-plasmónicas (i.e., nanopartículas dieléctricas con semicubiertas plasmónicas y ferromagnéticas) activadas y controladas externamente por luz y campos magnéticos, para la activación, amplificación y control eficiente de nanoterapias. La innovadora combinación de procesos de fabricación “top-down” y “bottom-up” nos ha permitido: i) fusionar nanomateriales que difícilmente podrían combinarse mediante síntesis química, ii) sintonizar las propiedades ferromagnéticas y ópticas, iii) lograr una funcionalización simple y una dispersión directa en soluciones acuosas, y iv) mantener bajo costo y escalabilidad. En primer lugar, desarrollamos nanocúpulas de Fe/Au con núcleos fluorescentes para terapias fototérmicas magnéticamente amplificadas y contraste de imagen multimodal. La variación del grosor de las capas de Fe y Au permitió obtener nanopartículas ferromagnéticas monodominio o con vórtice, coloidalmente estables, y con propiedades ópticas ampliamente sintonizables. Las capas gruesas de Fe proporcionaron una fuerte supresión de la dispersión y una alta absorción de la luz infrarroja cercana, que fueron clave para demostrar una alta eficiencia de conversión fototérmica (65%). La capacidad de concentrar magnéticamente las nanocúpulas en la región iluminada mejoró aún más la eficiencia de calentamiento local. La semi-cubierta de Fe/Au y el núcleo de polímero fluorescente proporcionaron intensos contrastes T2 en resonancia magnética nuclear, en absorción de rayos X y en fluorescencia. Los resultados in vitro mostraron una baja citotoxicidad y efectos fototérmicos mejorados magnéticamente para la erradicación de células cancerosas, lo que destacó el potencial biomédico. Para ganar control sobre los efectos fototérmicos, en la segunda parte desarrollamos un nuevo concepto de nano-calentadores/termómetros simultáneos, basado en la rotación magnética eficiente de las nanocúpulas magneto-plasmónicas altamente anisótropas. El análisis de la rotación de las nanocúpulas en función de la frecuencia magnética, permitió cuantificar la reducción de la viscosidad en el fluido que rodea a las nanocúpulas calentadas ópticamente, como un nuevo principio de nanotermometría. Estos nanotermómetros mostraron un límite de detección bajo de 0.05ºC, independencia de su concentración y un sistema detección mucho más simple y económico que los nanotermómetros luminiscentes. La capacidad de integrar el calentamiento y la termometría en una única nanoestructura y el uso del mismo láser para calentar y detectar fueron ventajas relevantes que pudieron demostrarse incluso en dispersiones celulares altamente concentradas. El objetivo final de la Tesis fue maximizar el potencial biomédico de las nanocúpulas para nanoterapias contra el cáncer mediante el desarrollo de nanocápsulas magnetoplasmónicas completamente biodegradables de PLGA@Fe/SiO2 cargadas con un fármaco, para conseguir: i) mayor biodegradabilidad, ii) reforzamiento del control magnético, iii) alta eficiencia fototérmica en ambas ventanas biológicas del infrarrojo cercano (63-67%), iv) mayor contraste de T2 en resonancia magnética nuclear y v) nanotermometros y biosensores integrados. Las nanocápsulas sin fármaco mostraron una toxicidad muy baja en cultivos celulares de largo plazo e in vivo en ratones. Se explotó el alto contraste de T2 para monitorizar la biodistribución in vivo de las nanocápsulas después de la inyección intravenosa, que mostró una acumulación en el hígado 1 h después de la inyección, y una recuperación casi total después de 96 h. Estos resultados preliminares son alentadores para su aplicación en terapias locales multiactivas. En conclusión, hemos mostrado cómo una estrategia de nanofabricación híbrida podría explotarse para desarrollar nanoestructuras con fuertes propiedades ferromagnéticas y plasmónicas que permitan el control y actuación externo y la visualización no invasiva. Los prometedores resultados preliminares in vitro e in vivo promueven un mayor desarrollo de esta nueva nanotecnología para aplicaciones clínicas.
With the aim of improving the concentration of the therapeutic agents inside tumours and maximizing their therapeutic effects, this Thesis focused on developing novel versatile magneto-plasmonic nanodomes (i.e. dielectric nanoparticles with plasmonic and ferromagnetic semi-shells) externally actuated and controlled by light and magnetic fields for efficient nanotherapy activation, amplification and control. The innovative combination of bottom-up and top-down fabrication processes have enabled us: i) merging nanomaterials that could be hardly combined by chemical synthesis, ii) fine tuning the magnetic and optical properties, iii) achieving simple functionalization and direct dispersion in water solutions, and iv) keeping low cost and scalability. Firstly, we developed Fe/Au nanodomes with fluorescent cores for magnetically amplified photothermal therapies and multimodal imaging. The variation of the Fe and Au layers thickness enabled attaining colloidally stable single domain or vortex ferromagnetic nanoparticles with widely tunable optical properties. Thick Fe layers provided strongly supressed scattering and high optical absorption in the near infrared, which were key to demonstrate high photothermal conversion efficiencies (ca. 65%). The capacity to magnetically concentrate the nanodomes at the illuminated region enhanced even further the local heating efficiency. The Fe/Au semi-shell and the fluorescent polymer core provided intense contrasts in T2 nuclear magnetic resonance, X-ray absorption, and fluorescence. The in vitro results showed low cytotoxicity and magnetically enhanced photothermal effects for cancer cell eradication, which highlighted the biomedical potential. To gain control on the photothermal effects, in the second part we developed a novel simultaneous nano-heating/thermometry concept, based on the efficient magnetic rotation of highly anisotropic magneto-plasmonic nanodomes. By analyzing the nanodomes rotation as a function of the magnetic frequency, we quantified and monitored the viscosity reduction in the fluid surrounding the optically heated nanodomes, as novel nanothermometry concept. This nanothermometers showed a low detection limit of 0.05ºC, independence on their concentration, and much simpler and cost-effective detection setup than luminescent nanothermometers. The capacity to integrate heating and thermometry in a single nanostructure and using the same laser for heating and detecting were relevant advantages that could be demonstrated even in highly concentrated cell dispersions. The final goal of the Thesis was maximizing the biomedical potential of the nanodomes for cancer nanotherapies by developing fully biodegradable drug loaded PLGA@Fe/SiO2 magnetoplasmonic nanocapsules to achieve: i) improved biodegradability, ii) reinforced magnetic actuation, iii) high photothermal conversion efficiency in both near-infrared biological windows (63-67%), iv) higher T2 contrast in nuclear magnetic resonance, and v) integrated nanothermometry and biosensing. The unloaded nanocapsules showed very low toxicity in vitro in long-term cell cultures, and in vivo in mice. The high T2 contrast was exploited to monitor the in vivo biodistribution of the nanocapsules after intravenous injection, which showed accumulation in the liver 1h after the injection, and almost total recovery after 96h. These preliminary results are encouraging for their application in multi-active local therapies. In conclusion, we have shown how a hybrid nanofabrication strategy could exploited to develop nanostructures with strong ferromagnetic and plasmonic properties enabling external control and non-invasive visualization. The in vitro and preliminary in vivo results encourage further technological development of this novel nanotechnology for clinical applications.

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Cleary, Justin. "Surface Plasmon Hosts for Infrared Waveguides and Biosensors, and Plasmons in Gold-Black Nano-Structured Films." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2010. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/3562.

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Applications of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) have thus far emphasized visible and near-infrared wavelengths. Extension into the long-wave infrared (LWIR) has numerous potential advantages for biosensors and waveguides, which are explored in this work. A surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor that operates deep into the infrared (3-11 µm wavelengths) is potentially capable of biomolecule recognition based on both selective binding and characteristic vibrational modes. The goal is to operate such sensors at wavelengths where biological analytes are strongly differentiated by their IR absorption spectra and where the refractive index is increased by dispersion, which will provide enhanced selectivity and sensitivity. Potentially useful IR surface plasmon resonances are investigated on lamellar gratings formed from various materials with plasma frequencies in the IR wavelength range including doped semiconductors, semimetals, and conducting polymers. One outcome of this work has been the demonstration of a simple analytic formula for calculating the SPP absorption resonances in the angular reflectance spectra of gratings. It is demonstrated for Ag lamellar gratings in the 6-11 µm wavelength range. The recipe is semi-empirical, requiring knowledge of a surface-impedance modulation amplitude, which is found here by comparison to experiment as a function of the grating groove depth and the wavelength. The optimum groove depth for photon-to-SPP energy conversion was found by experiment and calculation to be ~10-15% of the wavelength. Hemicylindrical prism couplers formed from Si or Ge were investigated as IR surface plasmon couplers for the biosensor application. Strong Fabry-Perot oscillations in the angular reflectance spectra for these high index materials suggest that grating couplers will be more effective for this application in the LWIR. A variety of materials having IR plasma frequencies were investigated due to the tighter SPP mode confinement anticipated in the IR than for traditional noble metals. First doped-Si and metal silicides (Ni, Pd, Pt and Ti) were investigated due to their inherent CMOS compatibility. Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, secondary ion mass spectrometry and four point probe measurements complemented the optical characterization by ellipsometry. Calculation of propagation length and mode confinement from measured permittivities demonstrated the suitability for these materials for LWIR SPP applications. Semimetals were also investigated since their plasma frequencies are intermediate between those of doped silicon and metal silicides. The semimetal antimony, with a plasma frequency ~80 times less than that of gold was characterized. Relevant IR surface plasmon properties, including the propagation length and penetration depths for SPP fields, were determined from optical constants measured in the LWIR. Distinct resonances due to SPP generation were observed in angular reflection spectra of Sb lamellar gratings in the wavelength range of 6 to 11 µm. Though the real part of the permittivity is positive in this range, which violates the usual condition for the existence of bound SPP modes, calculations based on experimental permittivity showed that there is little to distinguish bound from unbound SPP modes for this material. The SPP mode decays exponentially away from the surface on both sides of the permittivity sign change. Water is found to broaden the IR plasmon resonances significantly at 9.25 micron wavelength where aqueous extinction is large. Much sharper resonances for water based IR SPR biosensor can be achieved in the 3.5 to 5.5 µm range. Nano-structured Au films (Au-black) were investigated as IR absorbers and possible solar cell enhancers based on surface plasmon resonance. The characteristic length scales of the structured films vary considerably as a function of deposition parameters, but the absorbance is found to be only weakly correlated with these distributions. Structured Au-black with a broad range of cluster length scales appear to be able to support multiple SPP modes with incident light coupling to the corrugated surface as seen by photoelectron emission microscopy (PEEM) and SPR experiments, supporting the hypothesis that Au-black may be a suitable material for plasmon-resonance enhancement solar-cell efficiency over the broad solar spectrum.
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López, Muñoz Gerardo Arturo. "Simple and low cost nanostructured plasmonic biosensor for sensitive and multiplexed biodetection." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/665242.

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La creciente demanda de plataformas de análisis que sean fiables y, al mismo tiempo, fáciles de usar y compactas, que requieran un bajo consumo de muestras y proporcionen una alta sensibilidad y una respuesta en tiempo real, ha proporcionado una considerable innovación en el diseño de los biosensores. Entre todos ellos, aquellos basados en fenómenos de resonancia de plasmón superficial (SPR) han sido objeto de un gran interés científico en las últimas décadas porque aportan una alta sensibilidad y simplicidad en los esquemas de detección. Con el avance en las técnicas de nanofabricación, el desarrollo de sensores ópticos basados en nanoestructuras plasmónicas ha representado una excelente vía para su integración en dispositivos Lab-on-a-chip con un reducido tamaño, con la capacidad de resolver algunos de los retos actuales relacionados con los tiempos de análisis, el volumen de muestra requerido y la viabilidad de detectar varios analitos a la vez de forma multiplexada. Con el propósito de ofrecer herramientas biosensoras simples y de bajo costo, la presente Tesis Doctoral presenta el desarrollo de biosensores nanoplasmónicos integrados en plataformas Lab-on-a-Chip (LOC) para la biodetección multiplexada de diferentes analitos en tiempo real. El sensor desarrollado se basa en el empleo de soportes comerciales de discos Blu-Ray como un sustrato que contiene nano-rejillas para general el fenómeno de resonancia de plasmón al recubrirlos con diferentes capas metálicas a escala nanométrica. Los nanobiosensores desarrollados constituyen una alternativa muy prometedora que podrían sustituir a las técnicas de análisis convencionales, simplificando los procesos y superando los principales retos actuales relacionados con la sensibilidad, el coste y el tiempo requerido para el diagnóstico clínico.
The increasing demand for analytical platforms that are reliable and, at the same time, easy to use and compact, that require low sample consumption and provide high sensitivity and real-time response, have provided considerable innovation in the design of the biosensors. Among all of them, those based on surface plasmon resonance phenomena (SPR) have been the subject of great scientific interest in recent decades because they provide high sensitivity and simplicity in the detection schemes. With the advance in nanofabrication techniques, the development of optical sensors based on plasmonic nanostructures has represented an excellent way to integrate them into Lab-on-a-chip devices with a small size, with the ability to solve some of the current challenges related to the analysis times, the volume of sample required and the feasibility of detecting several analytes at the same time multiplexed. With the purpose of offering simple and inexpensive biosensing tools, this Doctoral Thesis presents the development of nanoplasmonic biosensors integrated in Lab-on-a-Chip (LOC) platforms for the multiplexed biosensing of different analytes in real time. The developed sensor is based on the use of commercial Blu-Ray discs as a substrate containing nano-slits to generate the plasmon resonance phenomena by coating them with different metallic layers on a nanometric scale. The developed nanobiosensors are a very promising alternative that could replace conventional analysis techniques, simplifying processes and overcoming the main current challenges related to sensitivity, cost and time required for clinical diagnosis.

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Debroux, Romain L. "Polarization Conversion Mediated Surface Plasmon Polaritons in Extraordinary Optical Transmission through a Nanohole Arrays." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/83408.

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Since Ebbesen's seminal work in 1998 observing extraordinary optical transmission (EOT) through nanohole arrays, much research has focused on the role of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) in EOT. While the energy and momentum conditions have become clear, no consensus has been reached on the role of incident light polarization. This study presents a simple model that captures Bloch-SPP excitation, including the role of polarization, in general periodic plasmonic structures. Our model predicts that under certain conditions polarization conversion should occur in EOT light transmitted through the nanohole array. We experimentally measure polarization conversion in EOT and compare the experimentally obtained results to the predictions of our model. Using numerical simulations, we tie the far field experimental results to the near field underlying physics described by our model. In using polarization conversion to provide evidence supporting our model, we also establish a novel approach to achieving polarization conversion based on SPPs instead of hole shape or other techniques in literature, and present reasons why this approach to achieving polarization conversion may be better suited for applications in biomedical sensing and optical elements.
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He, Zhixing. "Self-assembly of anisotropic nanostructures and interferometric spectroscopy." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/97402.

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With the development of controlled and predictable nanoparticle fabrication, assembling multiple nano-objects into larger functional nanostructure has attracted increasing attention. As the most basic structure, assembly of one-dimensional (1D) structures is a good model for investigating the assembly mechanism of a nanostructure's formation from individual particles. In this dissertation, the dynamics and the growth mechanism of anisotropic 1D nanostructures is investigated. In our first study, we demonstrate a simple method for assembling superparamagnetic nanoparticles (SPIONs) into structure-controlled 1D chains in a rotating magnetic field. The length of the SPION chains can be well described by an exponential distribution, as is also seen in SPION chains in a static field. In addition, the maximum chain length is limited by the field's rotational speed, as is seen in micro-sized beads forming chains in a rotating field. However, due to a combination of thermal fluctuations and hydrodynamic forces, the chain length in our case is shorter than either limit. In addition to chain length, the disorder of chains was also studied. Because of the friction between particles, kinetic potential traps prevent relaxation to the global free energy minimum. The traps are too deep to be overcome through thermal fluctuations, and assemblies captured by the kinetic traps therefore form disordered chains. We demonstrate that this disorder gradually heals over a timescale of tens of minutes and that the healing process can be promoted by increasing particle concentration or solution ionic strength, suggesting that the chain growth process provides the energy required to overcome the kinetic trapping. Next, we introduce a novel optical technique we term Quantitative Optical Anisotropy Imaging (QOAI). A fast and precise single-particle characterizing technique for anisotropic nanostructures, QOAI allows real-time tracking of particle orientation as well as the spectroscopic characterization of polarizabilities of nanoparticles on a microsecond timescale. The abilities of QOAI are demonstrated by the detection and the characterization of single gold nanorods. We also show that single particle diffusions and the process of particle binding to a wall can be tracked through QOAI. The rotational diffusivities of gold nanorods near the wall were determined by autocorrelation analysis, which shows that the diffusivity in the polar direction is slightly smaller than in the azimuthal direction. This result demonstrates that a detailed correlation analysis with QOAI may provide the opportunity to analyze both the translational and rotational motion of particles simultaneously, enabling true 3-dimensional orientation tracking. Finally, optical methods including QOAI are applied to the investigation of magnetic assembly, demonstrating that optical anisotropy is generated during particle binding, which can be used as a probe of the magnetic assembly process. QOAI is employed to track the dynamics of magnetic clusters in real time, attempting to capture insights on the self-assembly of the magnetic nanoparticles. By turning the external magnetic field on and off, the processes of combining superparamagnetic colloidal nanoparticle clusters into chain assemblies are monitored along with the chain growth. This fast and orientation-sensitive single-particle measurement opens the door to detailed studies of self-assembly away from equilibrium.
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Nanotechnology is the study and application of phenomena at the nanoscale, which is between 1 and 100 nm. Due to quantum effects, nanomaterials exhibit many interesting properties that cannot be found in bulk materials and are highly influenced by the shape of the nanostructures. One of the most promising strategies for forming complex nanostructures is to use smaller nanoparticles as building blocks. Therefore, significant efforts have been spent on the studies of the fabrication and modeling of the assembly of nanostructures. As a good starting point for analyzing the mechanism of self-assembly, we focus on the most basic structure, one-dimensional (1D) nanowires and chains. First, we demonstrate a simple method to fabricate one-dimensional magnetic chains from spherical magnetic nanoparticles in a rotating magnetic field. The growth mechanism of the nanochains is investigated, indicating the theory developed for chains formed with larger beads is not applicable at the nanoscale, and additional factors, such as the effect of temperature, need to be considered. Second, we introduce a fast, sensitive optical technique for characterizing anisotropic nanostructures. Because of their unique optical properties, gold nanorods are used to demonstrate the capabilities of the optical system. Not only static properties (orientation, aspect ratio), but also dynamics properties (rotational motion), of single gold nanorods are characterized quantitatively. Finally, this optical technique is extended to preliminary work on characterizing magnetic chain assembly. The processes of magnetic cluster binding and dissociation in a magnetic field are monitored and analyzed.

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Chamtouri, Maha. "Etude exhaustive de la sensibilité des Biopuces plasmoniques structurées intégrant un réseau rectangulaire 1D : effet de la transition des plasmons localisés vers les plasmons propagatifs." Thesis, Paris 11, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013PA112060/document.

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Malgré leurs contribution dans plusieurs domaines, les biopuces à lecture plasmonique conventionnelles basées sur l'utilisation d’un film métallique plan d'or, sont limitées en terme de sensibilité surtout quand il s'agit de détecter des molécules de faible masse molaire à l’état de trace.Dans ce cadre, nous étudions numériquement et expérimentalement le potentiel de détection d’interactions biomoléculaires d’une nouvelle génération de biopuces à lecture plasmonique intégrant un film métallique micro-nano-structurée en réseau rectangulaire 1D. L’étude numérique développée met en œuvre une méthode hybride, basée sur la combinaison de deux méthodes classiques : la méthode des éléments finis et la méthode modale de Fourier. Grâce à ce nouvel outil numérique, nous présentons une cartographie exhaustive du potentiel de détection d’une couche biologique, en variant les paramètres de la structuration liés aux dimensions du réseau. La réponse de la biopuce à l’accrochage de biomolécules est ensuite interprétée théoriquement par les différents phénomènes plasmoniques notamment les «points chauds» et les bandes plasmoniques interdites. Nos calculs soulignent l'importance de l’exploitation du confinement de la lumière à travers la structuration sub-longueur d’onde des surfaces plasmoniques. Ceci permet non seulement d’optimiser les paramètres géométriques afin d’améliorer la sensibilité vis-à-vis de la réponse d’une biopuce conventionnelle, mais aussi de mettre en évidence la transition entre le régime où les plasmons propagatifs dominent et le régime où les plasmons localisés dominent. De nouvelles figures de mérite sont introduites pour évaluer les performances des biopuces structurées.Cette étude montre également que de nouvelles opportunités pour améliorer davantage la bio-sensibilité sont offertes, si la localisation de biomolécules peut être effectuée dans les régions où le champ électrique est amplifié et confiné
Surface plasmons resonance imaging with continuous thin metallic films have become a central tool for the study of biomolecular interactions. However, in order to extend the field of applications of surface plasmons resonance systems to the trace detection of biomolecules having low molecular weight, a change in the plasmonic sensing methodology is needed. In this study, we investigate theoretically and experimentally the sensing potential of 2D nano- and micro- ribbon grating structuration on the surface of Kretschmann-based surface plasmon resonance biosensors when they are used for detection of biomolecular binding events. Numerical simulations were carried out by employing a fast and novel model based on the hybridization of two classical methods, the Fourier Modal Method and the Finite Element Method. Our calculations confirm the importance of light manipulation by means of structuration of the plasmonic thin film surfaces on the nano- and micro- scales. Not only does it highlight the geometric parameters that allow the sensitivity enhancement, and associated figures of merit, compared with the response of the conventional surface plasmon resonance biosensor based on a flat surface, but it also describes the transition from the regime where the propagating surface plasmon mode dominates to the regime where the localized surface plasmon mode dominates. An exhaustive mapping of the biosensing potential of the nano- and micro- structured biosensors surface is presented, varying the structural parameters related to the ribbon grating dimensions. New figures of merit are introduced to evaluate the performance of the structured biosensors. The structuration also leads to the creation of regions on biosensor chips that are characterized by strongly enhanced electromagnetic fields. New opportunities for further improving the bio-sensitivity are offered if localization of biomolecules can be carried out in these regions of high electromagnetic fields enhancement and confined

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Reed, Jennifer. "Light-Matter Interactions of Plasmonic Nanostructures." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2013. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/6009.

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Light interaction with matter has long been an area of interest throughout history, spanning many fields of study. In recent decades, the investigation of light-matter interactions with nanostructures has become an intense area of research in the field of photonics. Metallic nanostructures, in particular, are of interest due to the interesting properties that arise when interacting with light. The properties are a result of the excitation of surface plasmons which are the collective oscillation of the conduction electrons in the metal. Since the conduction electrons can be thought of as harmonic oscillators, they are quantized in a similar fashion. Just as a photon is a quantum of oscillations of an electromagnetic field, the plasmon is a quantum of electron oscillations of a metal. There are three types of plasmons: 1. Bulk plasmons, also called volume plasmons, are longitudinal density fluctuations which propagate through a bulk metal with an eigenfrequency of ?_p called the plasma frequency. 2. Localized surface plasmons are non-propagating excitations of the conduction electrons of a metallic nanoparticle coupled to an electromagnetic field. 3. Surface plasmon polaritons are evanescent, dispersive propagating electromagnetic waves formed by a coupled state between a photon and the excitation of the surface plasmons. They propagate along the surface of a metal-dielectric interface with a broad spectrum of eigenfrequencies from ?=0 to ?= ?_p??2. Plasmonics is a subfield of photonics which focuses on the study of surface plasmons and the optical properties that result from light interacting with metal films and nanostructures on the deep subwavelength scale. In this thesis, plasmonic nanostructures are investigated for optical waveguides and other nanophotonic applications through computational simulations primarily base on electrodynamic theory. The theory was formulated by several key figures and established by James Clerk Maxwell after he published a set of relations which describe all classical electromagnetic phenomena, known as Maxwell's equations. Using methods based on Maxwell's equations, the optical properties of metallic nanostructures utilizing surface plasmons is explored. In Chapter 3, light propagation of bright and dark modes of a partially and fully illuminated silver nanorod is investigated for waveguide applications. Then, the origin of the Fano resonance line shape in the scattering spectra of a silver nanorod is investigated. Next, in Chapter 4, the reflection and transmission of a multilayer silver film is simulated to observe the effects of varying the dielectric media between the layers on light propagation. Building on the multilayer film work, metal-insulator-metal waveguides are explored by perforating holes in the bottom layer of a two layer a silver film to investigate the limits of subwavelength light trapping, confinement, and propagation. Lastly, in Chapter 5, the effect of surface plasmons on the propagation direction of electromagnetic wave around a spherical silver nanoparticle which shows an effective negative index of refraction is examined. In addition, light manipulation using a film of silver prisms with an effective negative index of refraction is also investigated. The silver prisms demonstrate polarization selective propagation for waveguide and optical filter applications. These studies provide insight into plasmonic mechanisms utilized to overcome the diffraction limit of light. Through better understanding of how to manipulating light with plasmonic nanostructures, further advancements in nanophotonic technologies for applications such as extremely subwavelength waveguides, sensitive optical detection, optical filters, polarizers, beam splitters, optical data storage devices, high speed data transmission, and integrated subwavelength photonic circuits can be achieved.
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Chemistry
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Habert, Benjamin. "Contrôle de la fluorescence par des nanoantennes plasmoniques." Phd thesis, Palaiseau, Institut d'optique théorique et appliquée, 2014. http://pastel.archives-ouvertes.fr/pastel-01023199.

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Dans ce travail de these, nous étudions comment des nano-structures métalliques modifient le processus d'émission spontannée d'objets fluorescents et jouent ainsi un rôle d'antenne. Ces structures supportent des modes optiques confinés aux interfaces metal-diélectrique: ce sont des modes plasmoniques.De par leur fort confinement, ces modes modifient la densité locale d'états optiques et permettent notamment d'accélérer le processus d'émission spontannée (facteur de Purcell). Nous étudions le cas d'une structure planaire metal-isolant-métal de type patch couplée à un ensemble de nanocristaux colloïdaux fluorescents. Nos mesures, soutenues par des calculs numériques, montrent une acceleration de l'émission fluorescente d'un facteur 80 ainsi qu'une augmentation de la directivité de l'émission. Nous décrivons ensuite le procedé de fabrication d'une structure patch metal-semiconducteur-métal pour laquelle la source fluorescente est un puits quantique émettant dans le proche infra-rouge. Nous montrons que l'antenne permet d'augmenter l'extraction fluorescente d'un facteur 8. Enfin, nous considérons le cas d'une structure sphérique composée d'un unique nanocristal fluorescent au centre d'une bille de silice entourée par une fine coquille métallique. Cette structure plasmonique accélère l'émission d'une facteur 10 et permet de supprimer le scintillement caractéristique de l'émission des nanocristaux. La coquille métallique permet également d'isoler chimiquement le nanocristal de l'environnement, assurant ainsi une grande photostabilité et une toxicité réduite. L'émetteur ainsi obtenu est donc un candidat prometteur pour des applications de marquage de fluorescence in-vivo.

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Schira, Romain. "Réponse optique d’agrégats d’argent : excitations plasmoniques et effets de l’environnement." Thesis, Lyon, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018LYSE1162/document.

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Les réponses optiques d'agrégats de métaux nobles sont caractérisées par une absorption intense, situées dans le domaine UV-Visible, et appelée plasmon de surface localisé. Pour des particules de plusieurs nanomètres de diamètre, le phénomène de plasmon peut être interprété par des modèles semi-classiques ou classiques comme la théorie de Mie, mais ces modèles trouvent leur limite lorsque la taille du système diminue. La théorie de la fonctionnelle de la densité dépendante du temps (TDDFT) est une approche entièrement quantique qui permet d'appréhender le phénomène de plasmon en reproduisant la réponse optique de petits agrégats d'argent, composés de quelques atomes à quelques centaines d'atomes. Dans ce contexte, nous avons réalisé des calculs TDDFT avec une fonctionnelle de type Range-Separated-Hybrid (RSH) sur des agrégats contenant entre 8 et 147 atomes d'argent. Les spectres obtenus sont en excellent accord avec les données expérimentales et les réponses optiques calculées perme ttent de retrouver les prédictions du modèle en couches. Nous présentons des outils permettant d'identifier et de caractériser les excitations plasmoniques dans le formalisme de la TDDFT. Les effets de l'environnement sur la réponse optique des agrégats sont également étudiés, avec notamment la présentation d'une méthodologie permettant de reproduire les spectres mesurés sur des agrégats d'argent piégés dans des matrices de gaz rare. Les effets de l'oxydation et les effets induits par une matrice de silice sur la réponse optique des agrégats sont également étudiés
Optical responses of noble metal clusters are characterized by a strong absorption in the UV-Visible range called localized surface plasmon. For clusters of several nanometers, the plasmon phenomenon can be interpreted by semi-classical or classical model, as the Mie theory, but those models can not describe the optical response of small-size clusters. The time dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) is a quantum method that allow to understand the plasmon phenomenon by reproducing the optical response of small silver cluster, made of a few tens or hundreds atoms. In this context, we performed TDDFT calculation using Range-Separated Hybrid (RSH) functionals over cluster containing between 8 and 147 silver atoms. The obtained spectra are in excellent agreement with the experimental ones and the calculated optical response allows to recover the shell model prediction. We present some tools that allow to identify and characterize plasmonic excitations within the TDDFT framework. The effect of the surrounding medium over the optical response of clusters are studied, in particular we will present a methodology that allow to reproduce spectra measured over clusters trapped in rare gas matrix. The effects of the oxidation and the effects induced by a silica matrix over the optical response of clusters are also studied

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Biesso, Arianna. "Plasmonic field effects on the spectroscopic and photobiological function of the photosynthetic system of bacteriorhodopsin." Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28162.

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Thesis (M. S.)--Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009.
Committee Chair: Mostafa A. El-Sayed; Committee Member: Adegboyega K. Oyelere; Committee Member: Bridgette Barry; Committee Member: Joseph W. Perry; Committee Member: Mark R. Prausnitz.

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Vogel, Michael Werner. "Theoretical and numerical investigation of plasmon nanofocusing in metallic tapered rods and grooves." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2009. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/29241/1/Michael_Vogel_Citation.pdf.

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Effective focusing of electromagnetic (EM) energy to nanoscale regions is one of the major challenges in nano-photonics and plasmonics. The strong localization of the optical energy into regions much smaller than allowed by the diffraction limit, also called nanofocusing, offers promising applications in nano-sensor technology, nanofabrication, near-field optics or spectroscopy. One of the most promising solutions to the problem of efficient nanofocusing is related to surface plasmon propagation in metallic structures. Metallic tapered rods, commonly used as probes in near field microscopy and spectroscopy, are of a particular interest. They can provide very strong EM field enhancement at the tip due to surface plasmons (SP’s) propagating towards the tip of the tapered metal rod. A large number of studies have been devoted to the manufacturing process of tapered rods or tapered fibers coated by a metal film. On the other hand, structures such as metallic V-grooves or metal wedges can also provide strong electric field enhancements but manufacturing of these structures is still a challenge. It has been shown, however, that the attainable electric field enhancement at the apex in the V-groove is higher than at the tip of a metal tapered rod when the dissipation level in the metal is strong. Metallic V-grooves also have very promising characteristics as plasmonic waveguides. This thesis will present a thorough theoretical and numerical investigation of nanofocusing during plasmon propagation along a metal tapered rod and into a metallic V-groove. Optimal structural parameters including optimal taper angle, taper length and shape of the taper are determined in order to achieve maximum field enhancement factors at the tip of the nanofocusing structure. An analytical investigation of plasmon nanofocusing by metal tapered rods is carried out by means of the geometric optics approximation (GOA), which is also called adiabatic nanofocusing. However, GOA is applicable only for analysing tapered structures with small taper angles and without considering a terminating tip structure in order to neglect reflections. Rigorous numerical methods are employed for analysing non-adiabatic nanofocusing, by tapered rod and V-grooves with larger taper angles and with a rounded tip. These structures cannot be studied by analytical methods due to the presence of reflected waves from the taper section, the tip and also from (artificial) computational boundaries. A new method is introduced to combine the advantages of GOA and rigorous numerical methods in order to reduce significantly the use of computational resources and yet achieve accurate results for the analysis of large tapered structures, within reasonable calculation time. Detailed comparison between GOA and rigorous numerical methods will be carried out in order to find the critical taper angle of the tapered structures at which GOA is still applicable. It will be demonstrated that optimal taper angles, at which maximum field enhancements occur, coincide with the critical angles, at which GOA is still applicable. It will be shown that the applicability of GOA can be substantially expanded to include structures which could be analysed previously by numerical methods only. The influence of the rounded tip, the taper angle and the role of dissipation onto the plasmon field distribution along the tapered rod and near the tip will be analysed analytically and numerically in detail. It will be demonstrated that electric field enhancement factors of up to ~ 2500 within nanoscale regions are predicted. These are sufficient, for instance, to detect single molecules using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) with the tip of a tapered rod, an approach also known as tip enhanced Raman spectroscopy or TERS. The results obtained in this project will be important for applications for which strong local field enhancement factors are crucial for the performance of devices such as near field microscopes or spectroscopy. The optimal design of nanofocusing structures, at which the delivery of electromagnetic energy to the nanometer region is most efficient, will lead to new applications in near field sensors, near field measuring technology, or generation of nanometer sized energy sources. This includes: applications in tip enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS); manipulation of nanoparticles and molecules; efficient coupling of optical energy into and out of plasmonic circuits; second harmonic generation in non-linear optics; or delivery of energy to quantum dots, for instance, for quantum computations.

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Vogel, Michael Werner. "Theoretical and numerical investigation of plasmon nanofocusing in metallic tapered rods and grooves." Queensland University of Technology, 2009. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/29241/.

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Effective focusing of electromagnetic (EM) energy to nanoscale regions is one of the major challenges in nano-photonics and plasmonics. The strong localization of the optical energy into regions much smaller than allowed by the diffraction limit, also called nanofocusing, offers promising applications in nano-sensor technology, nanofabrication, near-field optics or spectroscopy. One of the most promising solutions to the problem of efficient nanofocusing is related to surface plasmon propagation in metallic structures. Metallic tapered rods, commonly used as probes in near field microscopy and spectroscopy, are of a particular interest. They can provide very strong EM field enhancement at the tip due to surface plasmons (SP’s) propagating towards the tip of the tapered metal rod. A large number of studies have been devoted to the manufacturing process of tapered rods or tapered fibers coated by a metal film. On the other hand, structures such as metallic V-grooves or metal wedges can also provide strong electric field enhancements but manufacturing of these structures is still a challenge. It has been shown, however, that the attainable electric field enhancement at the apex in the V-groove is higher than at the tip of a metal tapered rod when the dissipation level in the metal is strong. Metallic V-grooves also have very promising characteristics as plasmonic waveguides. This thesis will present a thorough theoretical and numerical investigation of nanofocusing during plasmon propagation along a metal tapered rod and into a metallic V-groove. Optimal structural parameters including optimal taper angle, taper length and shape of the taper are determined in order to achieve maximum field enhancement factors at the tip of the nanofocusing structure. An analytical investigation of plasmon nanofocusing by metal tapered rods is carried out by means of the geometric optics approximation (GOA), which is also called adiabatic nanofocusing. However, GOA is applicable only for analysing tapered structures with small taper angles and without considering a terminating tip structure in order to neglect reflections. Rigorous numerical methods are employed for analysing non-adiabatic nanofocusing, by tapered rod and V-grooves with larger taper angles and with a rounded tip. These structures cannot be studied by analytical methods due to the presence of reflected waves from the taper section, the tip and also from (artificial) computational boundaries. A new method is introduced to combine the advantages of GOA and rigorous numerical methods in order to reduce significantly the use of computational resources and yet achieve accurate results for the analysis of large tapered structures, within reasonable calculation time. Detailed comparison between GOA and rigorous numerical methods will be carried out in order to find the critical taper angle of the tapered structures at which GOA is still applicable. It will be demonstrated that optimal taper angles, at which maximum field enhancements occur, coincide with the critical angles, at which GOA is still applicable. It will be shown that the applicability of GOA can be substantially expanded to include structures which could be analysed previously by numerical methods only. The influence of the rounded tip, the taper angle and the role of dissipation onto the plasmon field distribution along the tapered rod and near the tip will be analysed analytically and numerically in detail. It will be demonstrated that electric field enhancement factors of up to ~ 2500 within nanoscale regions are predicted. These are sufficient, for instance, to detect single molecules using surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) with the tip of a tapered rod, an approach also known as tip enhanced Raman spectroscopy or TERS. The results obtained in this project will be important for applications for which strong local field enhancement factors are crucial for the performance of devices such as near field microscopes or spectroscopy. The optimal design of nanofocusing structures, at which the delivery of electromagnetic energy to the nanometer region is most efficient, will lead to new applications in near field sensors, near field measuring technology, or generation of nanometer sized energy sources. This includes: applications in tip enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS); manipulation of nanoparticles and molecules; efficient coupling of optical energy into and out of plasmonic circuits; second harmonic generation in non-linear optics; or delivery of energy to quantum dots, for instance, for quantum computations.

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