Abstract
In this article, a new and flexible approach to control the electric field enhancement of bow-tie nano-antennas by integrating them on the lateral of a tapered optical fiber is proposed. The device is driven by a Q-switched laser and the performance of a fabricated nano-antenna in a quartz slide is tested by a Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) experiment. A refractive index sensing experiment is also performed and a sensitivity of (240 ± 30) nm/RIU is found in the 1.33-1.35 index range.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 8986-8996 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Optics Express |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 17 Apr 2017 |