Surface plasmon-based nanosensors and systems and methods for sensing photons and chemical or biological agents
AssigneeKing Saud University
InventorTalal Ghannam
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Abstract
Surface plasmon-based nanosensor, comprising: at least one first element of metal, preferably silver or gold, or of semiconductor, the first element being excitable to surface Plasmon resonance, in particular localized surface plasmon resonance, in the presence of electromagnetic radiation from a source, and at least one second element preferably near the first element that in the presence of the electromagnetic radiation is exciton-plasmon coupled to the first element and emits electromagnetic radiation representative of the exciton-plasmon coupling, and systems and methods for sensing photons and chemical or biological agents.
Claims3
A nanosensor comprising:
- a nanolaser,
- at least one first material of metal or of semiconductor, and
- at least one second material;
- wherein the at least one first material has plasmon resonance in the presence of electromagnetic radiation, and
- wherein the at least one second material is:
- coupled to the at least one first material through near-field interaction, and
- configured to emit electromagnetic radiation representative of exciton-plasmon coupling to the first material, wherein the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the at least one second material has a spectral width;
- wherein the nanolaser is integrated with and is unique from the at least one first material and the at least one second material;
- and
- wherein the at least one second material is totally embedded in a matrix of Photonic or Polaritonic Band-gap (PGB)-material and/or wherein the at least one first material is at least partially embedded in a matrix of Photonic or Polaritonic Band-gap (PGB)-material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.