-In this paper, the suspended-membrane-type guided-mode resonance (GMR) filter based on silicon with a narrow bandstop spectrum is experimentally demonstrated. The resonance wavelength of proposed GMR filter is controlled at 1580.6 nm with a bandwidth less than 0.92 nm. The improved spectral performance including the sideband can be extended as far as 415 nm with the maximum transmittance great...

Temperature-dependent photodegradation during UV-resonance Raman spectroscopy was investigated. Photodegradation was quantitatively probed by monitoring the temporal evolution of UV-resonance Raman spectra obtained from bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) showing, resonance effect at a 355-nm excitation wavelength. At 80 K, the molecular photodecomposition rate was 5-times lower than that at room temper...

We show that adding a thin dielectric layer with high refractive index on top of the metallic layer in surface plasmon resonance sensors in the Kretschmann-Raether configuration in the spectral mode causes a redshift of the resonance wavelength, narrowing of the resonance dip, and an enhancement to the spectral sensitivity. Surprisingly, together with the sensitivity enhancement, the dip become...

We study the light scattering and surface plasmon resonances of Au nanorods that are commonly used as optical nanoantennas in analogy to dipole radio antennas for chemical and biodetection field-enhanced spectroscopies and scanned-probe microscopies. With the use of the boundary element method, we calculate the nanorod near-field and far-field response to show how the nanorod shape and dimensio...

Title of dissertation: WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE IN OPTICAL TWEEZERS Brooke Hester, Doctor of Philosophy, 2010 Dissertation directed by: Wolfgang Losert University of Maryland Optical trapping forces are dependent upon the difference between the trap wavelength and the extinction (scattering plus absorption) resonances of a trapped particle. This leads to a wavelength-dependent trapping force, whic...

We investigate the influence of localized and propagating surface plasmons on third harmonic generation from rectangular apertures in metal films. We designed optimal aperture array structures by using finite-difference time-domain simulations with nonlinear scattering theory. From this design space, we fabricated and measured the third harmonic in the region of maximal performance. We find the...

Circularly polarized luminescent chiral organogels based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer are fabricated by supramolecular co-assembly in an achiral polymer system, which a wavelength shift and amplified g lum achieved.

Nowadays sensors and especially biosensors play an important role in medical diagnosis and detection of food and environment contaminations. Biosensors’ facilities have been improved significantly by using technologies such as surface plasmon resonance, microfluidics, laser, and electrochemistry. These technologies are now available on chips in micro- and nano-scale and are capable of mea...