Spectral Characterization of Mid-Infrared Bloch Surface Waves Excited on a Truncated 1D Photonic Crystal
Agostino Occhicone, Marialilia Pea, Raffaella Polito, Valeria Giliberti, Alberto Sinibaldi, F. Mattioli, Sara Cibella, A. Notargiacomo, A. Nucara, Paolo Biagioni, Francesco Michelotti, Michele Ortolani, Leonetta Baldassarre
Abstract
prisms, reducing the number of unnecessary interfaces when exciting in the Kretschmann-Raether configuration. Finally, we compare the performance of mid-IR sensors based on surface plasmon polaritons with the BSW-based sensor. The figures of merit found for BSWs in terms of confinement of the electromagnetic field and propagation length puts them as forefrontrunners for label-free and polarization-dependent sensing devices.
Topics & Concepts
InfraredMaterials sciencePhotonic crystalPolarization (electrochemistry)SpectroscopySurface plasmon polaritonOptoelectronicsInfrared spectroscopyFourier transform infrared spectroscopyPhotonicsOpticsPlasmonSurface plasmonPhysicsChemistryQuantum mechanicsPhysical chemistryPhotonic and Optical DevicesPhotonic Crystals and ApplicationsPlasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research