Composite Nano-Antenna Integrated With Quantum Cascade Laser

被引：21

作者：

Dey, Dibyendu ^{[1
]}

Kohoutek, John ^{[1
]}

Gelfand, Ryan M. ^{[1
]}

Bonakdar, Alireza ^{[1
]}

Mohseni, Hooman ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Northwestern Univ, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Evanston, IL 60208 USA

来源：

IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS | 2010年 / 22卷 / 21期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

Bio-sensing; field enhancement; near-field scanning microscopy; plasmonic antenna; quantum cascade laser (QCL); OPTICAL ANTENNAS;

D O I：

10.1109/LPT.2010.2073459

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

Exploiting optical nano-antennas to boost the near-field confinement within a small volume can increase the limit of molecular detection by an order of magnitude. We present a novel antenna design based on Au-SiO2-Au single nanorod integrated on the facet of a quantum cascade laser operating in the midinfrared region of the optical spectrum. Finite-difference time-domain simulations showed that for sandwiched dielectric thicknesses within the range of 20-30 nm, peak optical intensity at the top of the antenna ends is 500 times greater than the incident field intensity. The device was fabricated using focused ion beam milling. Apertureless midinfrared near-field scanning optical microscopy showed that the device can generate a spatially confined spot within a nanometric size about 12 times smaller than the operating wavelength. Such high intensity, hot spot locations can be used in increasing photon interaction with bio-molecules for sensing applications.

引用

页码：1580 / 1582

页数：3

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