Guided-mode-resonance-enhanced measurement of thin-film absorption

Yifei Wang; Yin Huang; Jingxuan Sun; Santosh Pandey; Meng Lu

doi:10.1364/OE.23.028567

Optics Express
Vol. 23,
Issue 22,
pp. 28567-28573
(2015)
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Guided-mode-resonance-enhanced measurement of thin-film absorption

Yifei Wang, Yin Huang, Jingxuan Sun, Santosh Pandey, and Meng Lu

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- Original Manuscript: September 29, 2015
- Revised Manuscript: October 14, 2015
- Manuscript Accepted: October 16, 2015
- Published: October 22, 2015

Abstract

We present a numerical and experimental study of a guided-mode-resonance (GMR) device for detecting surface-bound light-absorbing thin films. The GMR device functions as an optical resonator at the wavelength strongly absorbed by the thin film. The GMR mode produces an evanescent field that results in enhanced optical absorption by the thin film. For a 100-nm-thick lossy thin film, the GMR device enhances its absorption coefficients over 26 × compared to a conventional glass substrate. Simulations show the clear quenching effect of the GMR when the extinction coefficient is greater than 0.01. At the resonant wavelength, the reflectance of the GMR surface correlates well with the degree of optical absorption. GMR devices are fabricated on a glass substrate using a surface-relief grating and a titanium-dioxide coating. To analyze a visible absorbing dye, the reflection coefficient of dye-coated GMR devices was measured. The GMR-based method was also applied to detecting acid gases, such as hydrochloric vapor, by monitoring the change in absorption in a thin film composed of a pH indicator, bromocresol green. This technique potentially allows absorption analysis in the visible and infrared ranges using inexpensive equipment.

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Fig. 1 (a) GMR sensor substrate. The absorbing material is deposited onto the GMR surface. (b) Simulated transmittance and reflectance of the TM resonance mode in the GMR structure. (c) Simulated absorption spectrum and transmission and reflection spectra in the GMR structure.

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Fig. 2 (a) Simulated absorption coefficients as functions of the extinction coefficient for a thin-film-coated GMR structure and a glass substrate. The coefficients are calculated at the GMR resonant wavelength. (b) Near-field distribution cross section within one period of the GMR structure, under the resonant condition, for three different extinction coefficients: (i) 10⁻⁵, (ii) 10⁻², and (iii) 10⁻¹. The white lines indicate the TiO₂ boundary. (c) Calculated reflectance and transmittance as functions of the extinction coefficient, when the GRM substrate operates at the resonant wavelength.

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Fig. 3 (a) Photograph of the GMR device fabricated on a glass coverslip. (b) SEM image of the top view of the TiO₂-coated grating pattern. (c) Schematic diagram of the reflection measurement setup.

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Fig. 4 Enhanced optical absorption by dye molecules on a GMR substrate. (a) Reflection spectra for a GMR substrate with different dilutions of absorbing dye. (b) Reflectance measured at 618 nm for the different dye dilutions on a GMR substrate (red spots) and on a glass substrate (black squares).

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Fig. 5 (a) Reflection spectra of a BCG-coated GMR device after different exposure times to HCl vapor. Inset: magnified reflection spectra near the resonant wavelength. (b) Transmission coefficients of BCG (black squares) and FWHM (red spots) as functions of exposure time.

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