Enhancement of Dynamic Sensitivity of Multiple Surface-plasmonic-polaritonic Sensor Using Silver Nanoparticles

Farhat Abbas, Muhammad Faryad, Stephen E. Swiontek, Akhlesh Lakhtakia

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Abstract

Multiple surface plasmon-polariton (SPP) waves excited at the interface of a homogeneous isotropic metal and a chiral sculptured thin film (STF) impregnated with silver nanoparticles were theoretically assessed for the multiple-SPP-waves-based sensing of a fluid uniformly infiltrating the chiral STF. The Bruggemann homogenization formalism was used in two different modalities to determine the three principal relative permittivity scalars of the silver-nanoparticle-impregnated chiral STF infiltrated uniformly by the fluid. The dynamic sensitivity increased when silver nanoparticles were present, provided their volume fraction did not exceed about 1 %.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)987-994
Number of pages8
JournalPlasmonics
Volume11
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1 2016

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Biotechnology
  • Biophysics
  • Biochemistry

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