Nano-structured surfaces for mid-infrared optical sensing

We design and realize two nano-structured surfaces that support graphene plasmon modes for sensing applications in the mid-infrared range. More specifically the two designs are engineered on a CaF2, IR-transparent, substrate which allow backlight illumination, which is suitable for biosensing in aqu...

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Autor: Arrés Chillón, Javier|||0000-0003-2653-3377
Formato: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/168988
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/168988
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Optical communications
Biosensors
Graphene
Mid infrared
biosensing
graphene plasmons
graphene-metal
Comunicacions òptiques
Grafè
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Telecomunicació òptica::Fotònica
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Resumo:We design and realize two nano-structured surfaces that support graphene plasmon modes for sensing applications in the mid-infrared range. More specifically the two designs are engineered on a CaF2, IR-transparent, substrate which allow backlight illumination, which is suitable for biosensing in aqueous medium. The nano-structured surfaces have the objective to combine thin metal structures with a graphene layer to engineer graphene plasmon modes generation at wavelengths difficult to obtain in single graphene structures. The designs are first modeled with Finite Element Method Analisys (FEM), using COMSOL, and then fabricated and tested.