Title :
Fiber-optic SERS detection enabled by light-induced gold nano-particle aggregation
Author :
Haitao Liu ; Jiansheng Liu ; Luoyang Chen ; Hongwen Zhou ; Zheng Zheng
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Beihang Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
We demonstrated a SERS detection scheme where fiber-optic light-induced aggregation of gold nano-particles enhances the Raman signal by 30-fold over the non-aggregation case, even by exciting and collecting light through low-cost, standard silica fibers.
Keywords :
aggregation; fibre optic sensors; gold; nanoparticles; nanophotonics; nanosensors; silicon compounds; surface enhanced Raman scattering; Raman signal enhancement; SiO2; fiber-optic SERS detection; light-induced gold nanoparticle aggregation; silica fibers; Gold; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical scattering; Raman scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
