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    This document discusses surface plasmon resonance, which is the coherent electron oscillations that exist at the interface between materials with different dielectric functions. It describes how surface plasmon resonance can be used to detect molecular adsorption and is significant for technologies such as gene assays and nano-optical devices. The document also explains the Kretschmann-Raether and Otto configurations for exciting surface plasmons and how classical electromagnetic theory can describe the phenomenon.

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    This document discusses surface plasmon resonance, which is the coherent electron oscillations that exist at the interface between materials with different dielectric functions. It describes how surface plasmon resonance can be used to detect molecular adsorption and is significant for technologies such as gene assays and nano-optical devices. The document also explains the Kretschmann-Raether and Otto configurations for exciting surface plasmons and how classical electromagnetic theory can describe the phenomenon.

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    This document discusses surface plasmon resonance, which is the coherent electron oscillations that exist at the interface between materials with different dielectric functions. It describes how surface plasmon resonance can be used to detect molecular adsorption and is significant for technologies such as gene assays and nano-optical devices. The document also explains the Kretschmann-Raether and Otto configurations for exciting surface plasmons and how classical electromagnetic theory can describe the phenomenon.

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    Surface Plasmon Resonance

    J. Crompton1 , Sergei Yushanov 1 , Luke T. Gritter1 , Kyle C. Koppenhoefer1

    1 AltaSim Technologies, Columbus, OH, USA

    Abstract
    Surface plasmons are coherent electron oscillations that exist at the interface between any two
    materials where the real part of the dielectric function changes sign across the interface. Surface
    Plasmon Resonance (SPR) can be used to detect molecular adsorption on surfaces and consequently
    is of significance for technologies ranging from gene assays and DNA sensing, molecular
    adsorption and desorption on surfaces, surface controlled electrochemical reactions, and nano-scale
    optical and photonic devices. SPR technology is based on the electromagnetic field component of
    incident light penetrating tens of nanometers into a surface. The stimulated resonance oscillation of
    valence electrons reduces the reflected light intensity and produces SPR due to the resonance energy
    transfer between the evanescent wave and surface plasmons. The resonance conditions are
    influenced by the type and amount of material adsorbed onto the surface thus allowing
    characterization of surface related phenomena. Two typical configurations of plasmon excitation
    exist: the Kretschmann-Raether configuration, in which a thin metal film is sandwiched between a
    dielectric and air, and the incident wave is from the dielectric side; and the Otto configuration, where
    an air gap exists between the dielectric and the metal. In both cases, the surface plasmon propagates
    along the metal/dielectric interface. The Kretschmann-Raether configuration is easier to fabricate but
    has a fixed dielectric gp that can affect the sensitivity of the measurement. Full insight into surface
    plasmon resonance requires quantum mechanics considerations. However, it can be also described
    in terms of classical electromagnetic theory by considering electromagnetic wave reflection,
    transmission, and absorption for the multi-layer medium. In fact the excitation of plasmon resonance
    can only take place if the metal side of the interface is slightly lossy, i.e. when the imaginary part of
    the metal permittivity is a non-zero negative number. These two configurations for SPR have been
    analyzed using COMSOL Multiphysics to define the effect of the SPR on the electromagnetic field.
    The angle of resonance is sensitive to both the experimental configuration used and to the dielectric
    constant of the material adjacent to the metal surface. Using the analytical approaches demonstrated
    the effect of different surface and experimental configurations on the SPR response can be defined
    and has allowed the development of commercial technology for the measurement of surface
    contaminants and nano-scale photonic devices.

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