Principles of nanoparticle imaging using surface plasmons

Autor: Angela Demetriadou, Alexei A Kornyshev
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: New Journal of Physics, Vol 17, Iss 1, p 013041 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1367-2630
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/17/1/013041
Popis: Unlike surface plasmon resonance sensors that detect integral changes to the optical properties of a sample, surface plasmon polariton-microscopy techniques can detect isolated nanoparticles in real-time through their plasmonic image, even of sub-wavelength dimensions. The feature characteristics and intensity of this plasmonic image are dependent on the nanoparticleʼs chemical composition and size. However, the lack of a theoretical model describing the principles forming a plasmonic image have hindered their understanding. In this article, we present a full-wave analytical model that describes electromagnetically the formation of the plasmonic image. Through our analytical model and numerical calculations, we show the properties of a plasmonic image from sub-wavelength to macroscopic particles of various chemical compositions.
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