Sensing with Multipolar Second Harmonic Generation from Spherical Metallic Nanoparticles

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• 作者：J茅r茅my Butet ; Isabelle Russier-Antoine ; Christian Jonin ; No毛lle Lascoux ; Emmanuel Benichou ; Pierre-Fran莽ois Brevet
• 刊名：Nano Letters
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：March 14, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：12
• 期：3
• 页码：1697-1701
• 全文大小：269K
• 年卷期：v.12,no.3(March 14, 2012)
• ISSN：1530-6992

文摘

We show that sensing in the nonlinear optical regime using multipolar surface plasmon resonances is more sensitive in comparison to sensing in the linear optical regime. Mie theory, and its extension to the second harmonic generation from a metallic nanosphere, is used to describe multipolar second harmonic generation from silver metallic nanoparticles. The standard figure of merit of a potential plasmonic sensor based on this principle is then calculated. We finally demonstrate that such a sensor is more sensitive to optical refraction index changes occurring in the vicinity of the metallic nanoparticle than its linear counterpart.

Keywords:

Silver nanoparticles; nonlinear optical sensing; plasmonics; second harmonic generation