Monopole antenna arrays for optical trapping, spectroscopy, and sensing

@article{Cetin2011MonopoleAA,
  title={Monopole antenna arrays for optical trapping, spectroscopy, and sensing},
  author={Arif Engin Cetin and Ahmet Ali Yanik and Cihan Yilmaz and Sivasubramanian Somu and Ahmed A. Busnaina and Hatice Altug},
  journal={Applied Physics Letters},
  year={2011},
  volume={98},
  pages={111110}
}
We introduce a nanoplasmonic platform merging multiple modalities for optical trapping, nanospectroscopy, and biosensing applications. Our platform is based on surface plasmon polariton driven monopole antenna arrays combining complementary strengths of localized and extended surface plasmons. Tailoring of spectrally narrow resonances lead to large index sensitivities (S∼675 nm/RIU) with record high figure of merits (FOM∼112.5). These monopole antennas supporting strong light localization with… 
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