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Optical Materials Express

  • Editor: David J. Hagan
  • Vol. 2, Iss. 2 — Feb. 1, 2012
  • pp: 111–118

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Spectral shifts in optical nanoantenna-enhanced hydrogen sensors

Andreas Tittl, Christian Kremers, Jens Dorfmüller, Dmitry N. Chigrin, and Harald Giessen  »View Author Affiliations


Optical Materials Express, Vol. 2, Issue 2, pp. 111-118 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OME.2.000111


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Abstract

In this work, we numerically investigate the nature of spectral shifts in antenna-enhanced hydrogen sensing geometries consisting of a gold bowtie antenna next to a palladium nanodisk. We find through extensive finite element (FEM) simulations that the hydrogen-induced spectral behavior of the system is governed by two competing effects: a small blueshift caused by dielectric function changes in the palladium and a much stronger redshift due to an expansion of the palladium lattice. Our findings enable the accurate numerical characterization and especially the optimization of sensitive antenna-enhanced hydrogen sensors. As a first application, we calculate the performance improvement of gap antennas compared to single cut-wire antenna elements.

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OCIS Codes
(160.3900) Materials : Metals
(160.4670) Materials : Optical materials
(280.4788) Remote sensing and sensors : Optical sensing and sensors
(250.5403) Optoelectronics : Plasmonics

ToC Category:
Plasmonics

History
Original Manuscript: November 21, 2011
Revised Manuscript: December 16, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: December 20, 2011
Published: January 4, 2012

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Andreas Tittl, Christian Kremers, Jens Dorfmüller, Dmitry N. Chigrin, and Harald Giessen, "Spectral shifts in optical nanoantenna-enhanced hydrogen sensors," Opt. Mater. Express 2, 111-118 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ome/abstract.cfm?URI=ome-2-2-111


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