Intensity based surface plasmon resonance sensor using a nanohole rectangular array

A-P. Blanchard-Dionne, L. Guyot, S. Patskovsky, R. Gordon, M. Meunier
2011 Optics Express  
We show high resolution measurements of a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor based on a rectangular nanohole array in a metal film. This SPR setup uses balanced intensity detection between two orthogonal polarizations of a He-Ne laser beam, which allows for sensitivity improvement, noise reduction and rejection of any uncorrelated variation in the intensity signal. A bulk sensitivity resolution of 6.4x10 6 RIU is demonstrated. The proposed methodology is promising for applications in portable nanoplasmonic multisensing and imaging.
doi:10.1364/oe.19.015041 pmid:21934865 fatcat:itpwtpqkobch7cjsv2vzivmqrm