Structure fits the purpose: photonic crystal fibers for evanescent-field surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Academic Article

abstract

• We report numerical simulation and hyperspectral Raman imaging of three index-guiding solid-core photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) of different air-cladding microstructures to assess their respective potential for evanescent-field Raman spectroscopy, with an emphasis on achieving surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) over the entire fiber length. Suspended-core PCF consisting of a silica core surrounded by three large air channels conjoined by a thin silica web is the most robust of the three SERS-active PCFs, with a demonstrated detection sensitivity of 1x10(-10) M R6G in an aqueous solution of only approximately 7.3 microL sampling volume.

authors

• Sukhishvili, Svetlana

published proceedings

• Opt Lett

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Khaing Oo, M. K., Han, Y., Kanka, J., Sukhishvili, S., & Du, H.

citation count

• 61

complete list of authors

• Khaing Oo, Maung Kyaw||Han, Yun||Kanka, Jiri||Sukhishvili, Svetlana||Du, Henry

publication date

• February 2010

publisher

• Optica Publishing Group  Publisher

keywords

• Air
• Finite Element Analysis
• Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
• Photons
• Silicon Dioxide
• Spectrum Analysis, Raman
• Surface Properties

PubMed Central ID

• 20160786

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1364/OL.35.000466

start page

• 466

end page

• 468

volume

• 35

issue

• 4

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1364%2Fol.35.000466