Optical metasurfaces for energy conversion

E Cortés, FJ Wendisch, L Sortino, A Mancini… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanostructured surfaces with designed optical functionalities, such as metasurfaces, allow
efficient harvesting of light at the nanoscale, enhancing light–matter interactions for a wide …

Nanomaterial‐based plasmon‐enhanced infrared spectroscopy

X Yang, Z Sun, T Low, H Hu, X Guo… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Surface‐enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA) has attracted increasing attention due to the
potential of infrared spectroscopy in applications such as molecular trace sensing of solids …

Midinfrared plasmon-enhanced spectroscopy with germanium antennas on silicon substrates

L Baldassarre, E Sakat, J Frigerio, A Samarelli… - Nano …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Midinfrared plasmonic sensing allows the direct targeting of unique vibrational fingerprints of
molecules. While gold has been used almost exclusively so far, recent research has focused …

Semiconductor infrared plasmonics

T Taliercio, P Biagioni - Nanophotonics, 2019 - degruyter.com
The coupling between light and collective oscillations of free carriers at metallic surfaces
and nanostructures is at the origin of one of the main fields of nanophotonics: plasmonics …

As good as gold and better: conducting metal oxide materials for mid-infrared plasmonic applications

H Khamh, E Sachet, K Kelly, JP Maria… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The field of infrared surface plasmon resonance (IR-SPR) spectroscopy has the potential to
enable unique applications and technologies in chemical sensing, heat harvesting, and …

Optical activation of germanium plasmonic antennas in the mid-infrared

MP Fischer, C Schmidt, E Sakat, J Stock, A Samarelli… - Physical review …, 2016 - APS
Impulsive interband excitation with femtosecond near-infrared pulses establishes a plasma
response in intrinsic germanium structures fabricated on a silicon substrate. This direct …

Complex refractive index spectra of whole blood and aqueous solutions of anticoagulants, analgesics and buffers in the mid-infrared

DJ Rowe, D Smith, JS Wilkinson - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy is a powerful tool for characterising the vibrations of
molecular bonds and is therefore ideal for label-free detection of chemical species. Recent …

Spectral characterization of mid-infrared Bloch surface waves excited on a truncated 1D photonic crystal

A Occhicone, M Pea, R Polito, V Giliberti… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The many fundamental roto-vibrational resonances of chemical compounds result in strong
absorption lines in the mid-infrared region (λ∼ 2–20 μm). For this reason, mid-infrared …

Ultra-compact MMI-based beam splitter demultiplexer for the NIR/MIR wavelengths of 1.55 μm and 2 μm

MS Rouifed, CG Littlejohns, GX Tina, H Qiu… - Optics …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Based on restricted interferences mechanism in a 1x2 MMI beam splitter, we theoretically
investigate and experimentally demonstrate an ultra-compact MMI-based demultiplexer for …

Mid-and far-infrared localized surface plasmon resonances in chalcogen-hyperdoped silicon

M Wang, Y Yu, S Prucnal, Y Berencén, MS Shaikh… - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Plasmonic sensing in the infrared region employs the direct interaction of the vibrational
fingerprints of molecules with the plasmonic resonances, creating surface-enhanced …