Title :
High-performance sensing with plasmonic nanorod metamaterials
Author :
Podolskiy, V.A. ; Kabashin, A.V. ; Evans, P. ; Pastkovsky, S. ; Hendren, W. ; Wurtz, G.A. ; Atkinson, R. ; Pollard, R. ; Zayats, A.V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR, USA
Abstract :
We present an optical sensor based on plasmonic nanorod metamaterials. The sensor operates similar to well-established surface plasmon polariton sensors, but offers order-of-magnitude improvement over existing technology. Optical and biological applications are discussed.
Keywords :
Biomedical optical imaging; Biosensors; Geometrical optics; Metamaterials; Nanobioscience; Optical materials; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Physics; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
