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Low-Temperature Stability and Sensing Performance of Mid-Infrared Bloch Surface Waves on a One-Dimensional Photonic Crystal
[Image: see text] The growing need for new and reliable surface sensing methods is arousing interest in the electromagnetic excitations of ultrathin films, i.e., to generate electromagnetic field distributions that resonantly interact with the most significant quasi-particles of condensed matter. In...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9523610/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36106792 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c07894 |
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author | Occhicone, Agostino Polito, Raffaella Michelotti, Francesco Ortolani, Michele Baldassarre, Leonetta Pea, Marialilia Sinibaldi, Alberto Notargiacomo, Andrea Cibella, Sara Mattioli, Francesco Roy, Pascale Brubach, Jean-Blaise Calvani, Paolo Nucara, Alessandro |
author_facet | Occhicone, Agostino Polito, Raffaella Michelotti, Francesco Ortolani, Michele Baldassarre, Leonetta Pea, Marialilia Sinibaldi, Alberto Notargiacomo, Andrea Cibella, Sara Mattioli, Francesco Roy, Pascale Brubach, Jean-Blaise Calvani, Paolo Nucara, Alessandro |
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description | [Image: see text] The growing need for new and reliable surface sensing methods is arousing interest in the electromagnetic excitations of ultrathin films, i.e., to generate electromagnetic field distributions that resonantly interact with the most significant quasi-particles of condensed matter. In such a context, Bloch surface waves turned out to be a valid alternative to surface plasmon polaritons to implement high-sensitivity sensors in the visible spectral range. Only in the last few years, however, has their use been extended to infrared wavelengths, which represent a powerful tool for detecting and recognizing molecular species and crystalline structures. In this work, we demonstrate, by means of high-resolution reflectivity measurements, that a one-dimensional photonic crystal can sustain Bloch surface waves in the infrared spectral range from room temperature down to 10 K. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of infrared Bloch surface waves at cryogenic temperatures. Furthermore, by exploiting the enhancement of the surface state and the high brilliance of infrared synchrotron radiation, we demonstrate that the proposed BSW-based sensor has a sensitivity on the order of 2.9 cm(–1) for each nanometer-thick ice layer grown on its surface below 150 K. In conclusion, we believe that Bloch surface wave-based sensors are a valid new class of surface mode-based sensors for applications in materials science. |
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spelling | pubmed-95236102022-10-01 Low-Temperature Stability and Sensing Performance of Mid-Infrared Bloch Surface Waves on a One-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Occhicone, Agostino Polito, Raffaella Michelotti, Francesco Ortolani, Michele Baldassarre, Leonetta Pea, Marialilia Sinibaldi, Alberto Notargiacomo, Andrea Cibella, Sara Mattioli, Francesco Roy, Pascale Brubach, Jean-Blaise Calvani, Paolo Nucara, Alessandro ACS Appl Mater Interfaces [Image: see text] The growing need for new and reliable surface sensing methods is arousing interest in the electromagnetic excitations of ultrathin films, i.e., to generate electromagnetic field distributions that resonantly interact with the most significant quasi-particles of condensed matter. In such a context, Bloch surface waves turned out to be a valid alternative to surface plasmon polaritons to implement high-sensitivity sensors in the visible spectral range. Only in the last few years, however, has their use been extended to infrared wavelengths, which represent a powerful tool for detecting and recognizing molecular species and crystalline structures. In this work, we demonstrate, by means of high-resolution reflectivity measurements, that a one-dimensional photonic crystal can sustain Bloch surface waves in the infrared spectral range from room temperature down to 10 K. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of infrared Bloch surface waves at cryogenic temperatures. Furthermore, by exploiting the enhancement of the surface state and the high brilliance of infrared synchrotron radiation, we demonstrate that the proposed BSW-based sensor has a sensitivity on the order of 2.9 cm(–1) for each nanometer-thick ice layer grown on its surface below 150 K. In conclusion, we believe that Bloch surface wave-based sensors are a valid new class of surface mode-based sensors for applications in materials science. American Chemical Society 2022-09-15 2022-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9523610/ /pubmed/36106792 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c07894 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Permits the broadest form of re-use including for commercial purposes, provided that author attribution and integrity are maintained (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Occhicone, Agostino Polito, Raffaella Michelotti, Francesco Ortolani, Michele Baldassarre, Leonetta Pea, Marialilia Sinibaldi, Alberto Notargiacomo, Andrea Cibella, Sara Mattioli, Francesco Roy, Pascale Brubach, Jean-Blaise Calvani, Paolo Nucara, Alessandro Low-Temperature Stability and Sensing Performance of Mid-Infrared Bloch Surface Waves on a One-Dimensional Photonic Crystal |
title | Low-Temperature
Stability
and Sensing Performance
of Mid-Infrared Bloch Surface Waves on a One-Dimensional Photonic
Crystal |
title_full | Low-Temperature
Stability
and Sensing Performance
of Mid-Infrared Bloch Surface Waves on a One-Dimensional Photonic
Crystal |
title_fullStr | Low-Temperature
Stability
and Sensing Performance
of Mid-Infrared Bloch Surface Waves on a One-Dimensional Photonic
Crystal |
title_full_unstemmed | Low-Temperature
Stability
and Sensing Performance
of Mid-Infrared Bloch Surface Waves on a One-Dimensional Photonic
Crystal |
title_short | Low-Temperature
Stability
and Sensing Performance
of Mid-Infrared Bloch Surface Waves on a One-Dimensional Photonic
Crystal |
title_sort | low-temperature
stability
and sensing performance
of mid-infrared bloch surface waves on a one-dimensional photonic
crystal |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9523610/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36106792 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c07894 |
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