Authors: Mohamadreza Najiminaini Fartash Vasefi Bozena Kaminska Jeffrey J L Carson
Publish Date: 2012/07/10
Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 217-224
Abstract
We report a 3D plasmonic nanostructure having an extraordinary optical transmission due to localized surface plasmon LSP coupling between nanoholes and nanodisks The nanostructure contains a freestanding gold nanohole array NHA film above a cavity and an array of nanodisks at the bottom of the cavity that is aligned with the NHA For the device the LSPmediated resonance position was dependent on the hole and nanodisk diameter as well as the separation distance Also the effect of LSP coupling between each hole and corresponding nanodisk became negligible for cavities deeper than 200 nm as observed as a disappearance of the LSP resonance The greatest LSP resonance transmission and the highest electric field intensity were observed for the structure with the shallowest cavity In addition the structure had high surface plasmon resonance sensitivity and may have potential for surfaceenhanced Raman spectroscopy and optical trapping applicationsThe authors thank Dr Todd Simpson for his technical support at the Nanofab Laboratory at University of Western Ontario UWO This project was funded by grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada NSERC to Dr Bozena Kaminska and Dr Jeffrey JL Carson Dr Fartash Vasefi was supported by a London Regional Cancer Program Translational Breast Cancer Research Trainee Fellowship
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