• 한국광학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.429-434
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• 2008

비대칭 이중-금속 장거리 표면-플라즈몬 구조는 두 금속 사이에 위치한 코어 유전체 층의 굴절률을 임의로 선택하여도 장거리 표면-플라즈몬 모드가 존재한다는 장점이 있다. 도파로의 코어 층에 격자를 형성함으로써 플라즈몬 밴드-갭에 기초한 통신대역 파장에서의 장거리 표면-플라즈몬 파장필터를 구현하였다. Method of Line과 전달행렬방법 등을 통해 장거리 표면-플라즈몬 모드의 유효굴절률, 모드 특성, 투과도 등의 분석을 통해 설계하였으며, 도파로의 코어 층에 홀로그램 리소 방식을 이용하여 523.3 nm 주기의 브래그격자를 형성하여 파장필터를 제작하여 통신대역인 1541 nm 파장에서 대략 2 nm의 반치폭과 50 dB 이상의 파장 소광률을 확인하였다. 본 연구에서 제안한 파장필터는 표면-플라즈몬 집적회로를 구성하는 소자로써 중요한 역할을 할 것이다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제24권8호
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• pp.417-422
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• 2014

In this study, we investigated localized surface plasmon resonance and the related coupling phenomena with respect to various geometric parameters of Ag nanoparticles, including the size and inter-particle distance. The plasmon resonances of Ag nanoparticles were studied using three-dimensional finite difference time domain(FDTD) calculations. From the FDTD calculations, we discovered the existence of a symmetric and an anti-symmetric plasmon coupling modes in the coupled Ag nanoparticles. The dependence of the resonance wavelength with respect to the inter-particle distance was also investigated, revealing that the anti-symmetric mode is more closely correlated with the inter-particle distance of the Ag nanoparticles than the symmetric mode. We also found that higher order resonance modes are appeared in the extinction spectrum for closely spaced Ag nanoparticles. Plasmon resonance calculations for the Ag particles coated with a $SiO_2$ layer showed enhanced plasmon coupling due to the strengthened plasmon resonance, suggesting that the inter-particle distance of the Ag nanoparticles can be estimated by measuring the transmission and absorption spectra with the plasmon resonance of symmetric and anti-symmetric localized surface plasmons.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제44회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.636-636
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• 2013

Since first discovery of strong Raman spectrum of molecules adsorbed on rough noble metal, surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has been widely used for detection of molecules with low concentration. Surface plasmons at noble metal can enhance Raman spectrum and using Au nanostructures as substrates of SERS has advantages due to it has chemical stability and biocompatibility. However, the photoluminescence (PL) background from Au remains a problem because of obtaining molecular vibration information. Recently, graphene, two-dimensional atomic layer of carbon atoms, is also well known as PL quenchers for electronic and vibrational excitation. In this study, we observed SERS of single layer graphene on or under monolayer of Au nanoparticles (NPs). Single layer graphene is grown by chemical vapor deposition and transferred onto or under the monolayer of Au NPs by using PMMA transfer method. Monolayer of Au NPs prepared using Langmuir-Blodgett method on or under graphene surface provides closed and well-packed monolayer of Au NPs. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Raman spectroscopy (WItec, 532 nm) were performed in order to confirm effects of Au NPs on enhanced Raman spectrum. Highly enhanced Raman signal of graphene by Au NPs were observed due to many hot-spots at gap of closed well-packed Au NPs. The results showed that single layer graphene provides larger SERS effects compared to multilayer graphene and the enhancement of the G band was larger than that of 2D band. Moreover, we confirm the appearance of D band in this study that is not clear in normal Raman spectrum. In our study, D band appearance is ascribed to the SERS effect resulted from defects induced graphene on Au NPs. Monolayer film of Au NPs under the graphene provided more highly enhanced graphene Raman signal compared to that on the graphene. The Au NPs-graphene SERS substrate can be possibly applied to biochemical sensing applications requiring highly sensitive and selective assays.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.130-134
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• 2016

The influence of Au/Ni-based contact formed on a lightly-doped (7.3×1017cm−3, Zn-doped) InGaAsP layer for electrical compensation of surface plasmon polariton (SPP) propagation under various rapid thermal annealing (RTA) conditions has been studied. The active control of SPP propagation is realized by electrically pumping the InGaAsP multiple quantum wells (MQWs) beneath the metal planar waveguide. The metal planar film acts as the electric contact layer and SPP waveguide, simultaneously. The RTA process can lower the metal-semiconductor electric contact resistance. Nevertheless, it inevitably increases the contact interface morphological roughness, which is detrimental to SPP propagation. Based on this dilemma, in this work we focus on studying the influence of RTA conditions on electrical control of SPPs. The experimental results indicate that there is obvious degradation of electrical pumping compensation for SPP propagation loss in the devices annealed at 400℃ compared to those with no annealing treatment. With increasing annealing duration time, more significant degradation of the active performance is observed even under sufficient current injection. When the annealing temperature is set at 400℃ and the duration time approaches 60s, the SPP propagation is nearly no longer supported as the waveguide surface morphology is severely changed. It seems that eutectic mixture stemming from the RTA process significantly increases the metal film roughness and interferes with the SPP signal propagation.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.80-84
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• 2018

In this study, we investigated plasmon effects to maximize the sterilization of dielectric discharge. We predicted the effect using the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method as a function of electrode shape, size, and period. The structure of the electrode was designed with a thickness of 100 nm of silver nanoparticles on a glass substrate, and was varied according to the shape, size, and period of the electrode hole. Based on the results, it was confirmed that the effect of plasmons was independent of the shape of the electrode hole. It was thus confirmed that the plasmon effect depended only on the size and period of the holes. Further, the plasmon effect was affected by the size rather than period of the holes. Because the absorption of light by the metal varied according to the size of the hole, the plasmon effect generated by the absorption of light also varied. The best results were obtained when the radius and period of the electrode holes were $0.1{\mu}m$ and $0.4{\mu}m$, respectively.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2014년도 제46회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.493-493
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• 2014

The manufacturing cost of thin-film photovoltics can potentially be lowered by minimizing the amount of a semiconductor material used to fabricate devices. Thin-film solar cells are typically only a few micrometers thick, whereas crystalline silicon (c-Si) wafer solar cells are $180{\sim}300\mu}m$ thick. As such, thin-film layers do not fully absorb incident light and their energy conversion efficiency is lower compared with that of c-Si wafer solar cells. Therefore, effective light trapping is required to realize commercially viable thin-film cells, particularly for indirect-band-gap semiconductors such as c-Si. An emerging method for light trapping in thin film solar cells is the use of metallic nanostructures that support surface plasmons. Plasmon-enhanced light absorption is shown to increase the cell photocurrent in many types of solar cells, specifically, in c-Si thin-film solar cells and in poly-Si thin film solar cell. By proper engineering of these structures, light can be concentrated and coupled into a thin semiconductor layer to increase light absorption. In many cases, silver (Ag) nanoparticles (NP) are formed either on the front surface or on the rear surface on the cells. In case of poly-Si thin film solar cells, Ag NPs are formed on the rear surface of the cells due to longer wavelengths are not perfectly absorbed in the active layer on the first path. In our cells, shorter wavelengths typically 300~500 nm are also not effectively absorbed. For this reason, a new concept of plasmonic nanostructure which is NPs formed both the front - and the rear - surface is worth testing. In this simulation Al NPs were located onto glass because Al has much lower parasitic absorption than other metal NPs. In case of Ag NP, it features parasitic absorption in the optical frequency range. On the other hand, Al NP, which is non-resonant metal NP, is characterized with a higher density of conduction electrons, resulting in highly negative dielectric permittivity. It makes them more suitable for the forward scattering configuration. In addition to this, Ag NP is located on the rear surface of the cell. Ag NPs showed good performance enhancement when they are located on the rear surface of our cells. In this simulation, Al NPs are located on glass and Ag NP is located on the rear Si surface. The structure for the simulation is shown in figure 1. Figure 2 shows FDTD-simulated absorption graphs of the proposed and reference structures. In the simulation, the front of the cell has Al NPs with 70 nm radius and 12.5% coverage; and the rear of the cell has Ag NPs with 157 nm in radius and 41.5% coverage. Such a structure shows better light absorption in 300~550 nm than that of the reference cell without any NPs and the structure with Ag NP on rear only. Therefore, it can be expected that enhanced light absorption of the structure with Al NP on front at 300~550 nm can contribute to the photocurrent enhancement.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.145-150
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• 2022

금속 격자를 통한 광전송을 분석하기 위하여 모드 전송선로 이론 (MTLT)에 기반한 해석 모델을 제안하였다. 이 모델은 높은 전송을 담당하는 모드의 분산 관계뿐만 아니라 전송에 대한 물리적 의미를 잘 제공한다. 이러한 개념들은 표면 플라즈몬 폴라리톤 (SPP)이 여기되는 가시광선~근적외선 파장 범위에서 사용되는 실제 금속에 대해서도 정확한 정보를 제공한다. 또한, 그 분산 관계를 통하여 전송 모드의 특성을 평가할 수 있다. 그 전송 모드는 Fabry-Pérot 유사 모드와 SPP 사이의 하이브리드 모드이다. 그 하이브리드 모드의 특성을 결정하기 위하여 금속격자의 다른 격자주기와 격자비율 고려하는 것이 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 변수들에 의존하는 고성능 플라즈마 바이오센서의 감지 특성과 모드 전송 현상을 명확하게 분석하였다.

• 새물리
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• 제68권11호
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• pp.1183-1191
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• 2018

$GaAs/Al_xGa_{1-x}As$ 다중 양자 우물들에 의한 초격자내 플라즈몬들이 다른 유전 계면과 반포물선 구속 퍼텐셜에 의한 거동을 초격자 축에 수직한 자기장과 평행한 전기장하에서 이전의 이론적 토대하에서 연구하였다. 막 위상 근사 방법을 사용하여 부 밴드 내와 부 밴드 사이의 전이가 고려된 밀도-밀도 상관함수로부터 표면과 벌크 상태의 분산 에너지를 전체 양자 우물의 평균 전기장, 자기장의 세기 및 조성비의 함수로 얻었다. 또한 여러 가지 평균 전기장, 자기장의 세기에 대한 라만 세기를 그들 상태에 대해 입사광의 에너지 함수로 얻었다.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.383-388
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 광파장 이하의 주기를 갖는 금속 격자형 가시광선 대역 컬러필터를 제안하고 구현하였다. 이 소자는 쿼츠 기판 위의 알루미늄 금속 층에 원형 홀이 2차원으로 배열된 격자로 구성되어 있다. 격자의 구조 파라미터 즉, 금속 박막 두께, 격자 주기, 홀 크기, 홀 구성 물질의 굴절률 등이 필터의 전달특성에 미치는 영향을 분석하여 소자를 설계하였다. 특히, 격자 홀을 구성하는 물질의 굴절률을 조절함으로써 필터의 특성을 최적화하고자 시도하였다. 본 논문에서는 전자빔 직접 기록 방식을 도입하여 두 개의 소자를 구현하였는데, 이들의 설계 파라미터를 살펴보면 격자 높이는 50 nm로 동일하며, 주기는 각각 340 nm와 260 nm였다. 측정된 결과를 살펴보면, 주기가 $\Lambda=340nm$인 소자의 경우에 중심파장은 680 nm이고 최대 투과율은 57%였으며, 주기가 $\Lambda=260nm$인 소자의 경우에는 중심파장이 550 nm이고 최대 투과율을 50%였다. 특히, 계산 결과를 통하여 격자 홀을 기판과 동일한 굴절률과 동일한 물질로 채움으로써 투과효율이 15% 이상 증가함을 확인하였다.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2017

실리콘 기판으로 만든 바이오센서에서 펩타이드-항체의 접합 동특성을 회전 타원분광계로 정밀하게 측정하고 분석하였다. 극도로 낮은 몰농도의 펩타이드를 측정할 때, 시료가 놓이는 바이오센서의 표면의 불완전한 편평도와 완충용액 굴절률 변화로 인한 측정오차를 줄이기 위하여 금속박막의 유리 프리즘 대신에 실리콘 기판 위에 덱스트란 SAM을 직접 적층하여 바이오센서를 만들었다. $100{\mu}l/min$의 완충용액 주입속도에서 바이오센서에 올려진 항체 및 펩타이드의 접합특성을 각각 측정하였다. 리터당 5 ng의 낮은 항체농도에서도 항체-덱스트란 SAM 사이의 동특성을 쉽게 측정할 수 있었다. 또한 100 nM까지의 펩타이드에 대한 미세한 흡착 및 해리 특성을 정밀하게 측정할 수 있었으며, 접합 동특성 식에 이 실험결과를 피팅하여 흡착계수와 해리계수를 구할 수 있었다. 이 결과로부터 펩타이드의 평형상태의 해리상수인 $K_D$는 97 nM이었고, 이 수치는 Class I에 속함을 알 수 있었다.