We experimentally studied three different D-shape polymer optical fibres with an exposed core for their applications as surface plasmon resonance sensors. The first one was a conventional D-shape fibre with no microstructure while in two others the fibre core was surrounded by two rings of air holes. In one of the microstructured fibres we introduced special absorbing inclusions placed out side the microstructure to attenuate leaky modes. We compared the performance of the surface plasmon resonance sensors based on the three fibres. We showed that the fibre bending enhances the resonance in all investigated fibres. The measured sensitivity of about 610 nm/RIU for the refractive index of glycerol solution around 1.350 is similar in all fabricated sensors. However, the spectral width of the resonance curve is significantly lower for the fibre with inclusions suppressing the leaky modes.
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In the light of recent advances in subwavelength optics, the development of optical nanodevices is nowadays conceivable. Among the best candidates to act as the elementary components of such devices are nanoscale structures of noble metals. These materials are capable to sustain resonant electron oscillations (plasmons). This phenomenon gives rise to a spectrally selective optical response and a local field enhancement which can be used in the context of nano-optics. Furthermore, it allows to transduce the optical signals into electrical ones (and vice wersa). Here, we demonstrate an optical nanodevice based on plasmon resonances in gold nanostructures. The adequate metal structures were produced by electron-beam-lithography. The basic operating functions of the device, namely signal processing on the nanoscale and its interfacing on the microscale, were experimentally observed in the optical near-field by photon scanning tunneling microscopy. Furthermore, as a numerical method for validation of the near-field observations the Green's Dyadic Technique is pointed out.
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In this work, we investigated the optical properties of a novel compositional configuration of gold nanorod and silver nanoshell which is embedded in a SiO₂ substance. The proper geometrical sizes for compositional rod/shell arrangement have been obtained based on the position and peak of plasmon resonance at λ~1550 nm. Adjusting the plasmon resonance position at declared spectrum helps us to provide an arrangement which shows high efficiency and minimum losses. The influence of destructive components such as internal damping and scattering on the rod/shell combination is demonstrated by corresponding diagrams. Moreover, we proposed a nano-array based on examined configuration and the quality of light transmission along the array is studied. We figured out and depicted optical properties of the array such as transmission loss factors, group velocities, transmitted power, transmission quality, and two-dimensional snapshots of surface plasmons (Sps) coupling between nanoparticles arrangements under transverse and longitudinal modes excitations. Ultimately, it is shown that the suggested nanostructure based on studied nanoparticles configuration has a potential to utilize in designing nanophotonic devices such as splitters, couplers, and routers. Finite-difference time-domain method (FDTD) as a major simulation model has been employed to study the features of the waveguide.
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