Mid-infrared-perturbed molecular vibrational signatures in plasmonic nanocavities

Rohit Chikkaraddy; Angelos Xomalis; Lukas A. Jakob; Jeremy J. Baumberg

doi:10.1038/s41377-022-00709-8

Light: Science & Applications (Jan 2022)

Mid-infrared-perturbed molecular vibrational signatures in plasmonic nanocavities

Rohit Chikkaraddy,
Angelos Xomalis,
Lukas A. Jakob,
Jeremy J. Baumberg

Affiliations

Rohit Chikkaraddy: NanoPhotonics Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, JJ Thompson Avenue, University of Cambridge
Angelos Xomalis: NanoPhotonics Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, JJ Thompson Avenue, University of Cambridge
Lukas A. Jakob: NanoPhotonics Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, JJ Thompson Avenue, University of Cambridge
Jeremy J. Baumberg: NanoPhotonics Centre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, JJ Thompson Avenue, University of Cambridge

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-022-00709-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

Read online

Mid-infrared light absorbed in the phonon-bands of a plasmonic nanocavity substrate perturb the Raman scattering signals on sub-µs timescales, allowing development of single-photon mid-infrared detectors.

Published in Light: Science & Applications

ISSN: 2047-7538 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
Website: https://www.nature.com/lsa/

About the journal