Novel plasmonic polarimeter for biomedical imaging applications

Alec Cheney; Borui Chen; Alexander Cartwright; Tim Thomay

doi:10.1117/12.2290563

20 February 2018 Novel plasmonic polarimeter for biomedical imaging applications

Alec Cheney, Borui Chen, Alexander Cartwright, Tim Thomay

Proceedings Volume 10506, Nanoscale Imaging, Sensing, and Actuation for Biomedical Applications XV; 105060U (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2290563
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Using polarized light in medical imaging is a valuable tool for diagnostic purposes since light traveling through scattering tissues such as skin, blood, or cartilage may be subject to changes in polarization. We present a new detection scheme and sensor that allows for directly measuring the polarization of light electronically using a plasmonic sensor. The sensor we fabricated consists of a plasmonic nano-grating that is embedded in a Wheatstone circuit. Using resistive losses induced by optically excited plasmons has shown promise as a CMOScompatible plasmonic light detector. Since the plasmonic response is sensitive to polarization with respect to the grating orientation, measuring the resistance change under incident light supplies a direct electronic measure of the polarization of light without polarization optics. Increased electron scattering introduced by plasmons in an applied current results in a measurable decrease in electrical conductance of a grating, allowing a purely electronic readout of a plasmonic excitation. Accordingly, because of its plasmonic nature, such a detector is dependent on both the wavelength and polarization of incident light with a response time limited by the surface plasmon lifetime.

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Alec Cheney, Borui Chen, Alexander Cartwright, and Tim Thomay "Novel plasmonic polarimeter for biomedical imaging applications", Proc. SPIE 10506, Nanoscale Imaging, Sensing, and Actuation for Biomedical Applications XV, 105060U (20 February 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2290563

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