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Jahr 2017
Autor(en) Ksenia Weber, Maxim L. Nesterov, Thomas Weiss, Michael Scherer, Mario Hentschel, Jochen Vogt, Christian Huck, Weiwu Li, Martin Dressel, Harald Giessen, and Frank Neubrech
Titel Wavelength Scaling in Antenna-Enhanced Infrared Spectroscopy: Towards the Far-IR and THz Region
KIP-Nummer HD-KIP 16-105
KIP-Gruppe(n) F6,F28
Dokumentart Paper
Quelle ACS Photonics 1 (2017) 45-51
doi doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.6b00534
Abstract (en)

Weak vibrational signals in the infrared and terahertz spectral region can be enhanced by orders of magnitude when employing the electromagnetic near fields of plasmonic nanostructures. This approach is known as antenna-assisted surface-enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA) and allows for a broad range of possible sensing applications. In the present work, we investigate the scaling of the SEIRA enhancement with wavelength, particularly towards the molecular fingerprint region (500 to 1500 cm-1). We apply the concept of SEIRA to perform resonant antenna-enhanced spectroscopy of molecules in a spectral range from 4.5 to 45 THz (6.6 to 67.5 µm wavelength, 148 to 1500 cm-1) using a standard Fourier transform infrared spectrometer. We fabricate arrays of rectangular gold antennas by electron-beam lithography and coat them with 30 nm thick layers of the fullerenes C60 and C70, respectively. For the single digit THz measurements, we utilize spin-coated amino acids, particularly threonine. The resonances of the structures are tailored to spectrally match the molecular absorption features. An increased SEIRA enhancement of two orders of magnitude is found for antennas resonant at 6.7 THz when compared to 45 THz, corresponding to a λ3 scaling over a frequency range of one order of magnitude. This scaling behavior is in excellent agreement with both numerical simulations and classical antenna theory. Further increase towards the single-digit THz region will yield the potential for ultrasensitive THz spectroscopy.

bibtex
@article{doi101021acsphotonics6b00534,
  author   = {Weber, Ksenia and Nesterov, Maxim L. and Weiss, Thomas and Scherer, Michael and Hentschel, Mario and Vogt, Jochen and Huck, Christian and Li, Weiwu and Dressel, Martin and Giessen, Harald and Neubrech, Frank},
  title    = {Wavelength Scaling in Antenna-Enhanced Infrared Spectroscopy: Towards the Far-IR and THz Region},
  journal  = {ACS Photonics},
  year     = {2017},
  volume   = {4},
  number   = {1},
  pages    = {45-51},
  doi      = {doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.6b00534},
  url      = { http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.6b00534}
}
URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.6b00534
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