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Surface-Enhanced Resonance Raman Scattering (SERRS) Using Au Nanohole Arrays on Optical Fiber Tips

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Circular and bow tie-shaped Au nanoholes arrays were fabricated on gold films deposited on the tips of single-mode optical fibers. The nanostructures were milled using focused ion beam with a high quality control of their shapes and sizes. The optical fiber devices were used for surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering (SERRS) measurements in both back- and forward-scattering geometries, yielding promising performance in both detection arrangements. The effect of the hole shape on the SERRS performance was explored with the bow tie nanostructures presenting a better SERRS performance than the circular holes arrays. The results present here are another step towards the development of optical fiber tips modified with plasmonic nanostructures for SERRS applications.

Circular and bow tie-shaped nanohole arrays were milled on gold films deposited on the tips of single-mode optical fibers. The arrays were fabricated by focused ion beam milling, which allowed good control over the sizes and the shapes of the nanostructures. The optical fiber devices were used for surface-enhanced resonance Raman scattering (SERRS) measurements in both back- and forward-scattering geometries. This work represents another step towards the development of optical fiber tips modified with plasmonic nanostructures for SERRS applications

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by operating grants from NSERC and by the NSERC Strategic Network for Bioplasmonic Systems (BiopSys), Canada. The equipment grant was provided by the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the British Columbia Knowledge and Development Fund, and the University of Victoria through the New Opportunities Program. The Brazilian authors thank FAPESP for financial support. The authors thank the Centro de Componentes Semicondutores—UNICAMP for the use of the FIB facility and Antônio Von Zuben, from the Laboratório de Pesquisa de Dispositivos—UNICAMP, for metal coating optical fibers. G.F.S.A. thank the Canadian Bureau for International Education—Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canada for a post-doctoral fellowship. WJC thank Prof. Reuven Gordon, from the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Victoria, for providing access to the Lumerical software.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, PO Box 3055, Victoria, BC, Canada, V8W 3P6

    Gustavo F. S. Andrade, Mohammad M. Rahman & Alexandre G. Brolo

  2. Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin”, Universidade Estadual de Campinas—UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil

    Juliano G. Hayashi & Cristiano M. B. Cordeiro

  3. Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Campus Universitário s/n, CEP 36036-900, Juiz de Fora, Brazil

    Gustavo F. S. Andrade

  4. Departamento de Sistemas Eletrônicos da Escola politécnica, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Walter J. Salcedo

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Andrade, G.F.S., Hayashi, J.G., Rahman, M.M. et al. Surface-Enhanced Resonance Raman Scattering (SERRS) Using Au Nanohole Arrays on Optical Fiber Tips. Plasmonics 8, 1113–1121 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-013-9518-x

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