Large-Scale Uniform Silver Nanocave Array for Visible Light Refractive Index Sensing Using Soft UV Nanoimprint

Jinfeng Zhu; Yanqiang Bai; Lirong Zhang; Zhengyong Song; Hai Liu; Jianyang Zhou; Timothy Lin; Qing Huo Liu

doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2016.2585111

IEEE Photonics Journal (Jan 2016)

Large-Scale Uniform Silver Nanocave Array for Visible Light Refractive Index Sensing Using Soft UV Nanoimprint

Jinfeng Zhu,
Yanqiang Bai,
Lirong Zhang,
Zhengyong Song,
Hai Liu,
Jianyang Zhou,
Timothy Lin,
Qing Huo Liu

Affiliations

Jinfeng Zhu: Institute of Electromagnetics and Acoustics and Department of Electronic Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
Yanqiang Bai: Institute of Electromagnetics and Acoustics and Department of Electronic Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
Lirong Zhang: Institute of Electromagnetics and Acoustics and Department of Electronic Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
Zhengyong Song: Institute of Electromagnetics and Acoustics and Department of Electronic Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
Hai Liu: Institute of Electromagnetics and Acoustics and Department of Electronic Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
Jianyang Zhou: Institute of Electromagnetics and Acoustics and Department of Electronic Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
Timothy Lin: Aegis Technology Inc., Santa Ana, CA, USA
Qing Huo Liu: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2016.2585111
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 4
pp. 1 – 7

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In this paper, a wafer-scale uniform silver nanocave array is fabricated by soft ultraviolet nanoimprint lithography. We investigate its plasmonic effects using far-field and near-field experimental approaches and illuminate the physics inside by theoretical analysis and computational simulation. The array shows robust multispectral features for various surrounding media and possesses the sensitivity up to 514.7 nm/RIU in the visible range, which is promising for the mass production of high-performance plasmonic refractive index sensors.

Published in IEEE Photonics Journal

ISSN: 1943-0655 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
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