Understanding the fundamental physics in light absorption and perfect light absorption is vital for device applications in detector, sensor, solar energy harvesting and imaging. In this research study, a large area fabrication of Al-doped ZnO/Al2O3/graphene/Al2O3/gold/silicon device was enabled by a spin-processable hydrophilic mono-layer graphene oxide. In contrast to the optical properties of noble metals, which cannot be tuned or changed, the permittivity of transparent metal oxides, such as Al-doped ZnO and indium tin oxide, are tunable. Their optical properties can be adjusted via doping or tuned electrically through carrier accumulation and depletion, providing great advantages for designing tunable photonic devices or realizing perfect absorption. A significant shift of Raman frequency up to 360 cm-1 was observed from graphene in the fabricated device reported in this work. The absorption from the device was tunable with a negative voltage applied on the Al-doped ZnO side. The generated absorption change was sustainable when the voltage was off and erasable when a positive voltage was applied. The reflection change was explained by the Fermi level change in graphene. The sustainability of tuned optical property in graphene can lead to a design of device with less power consumption.

Les nanocristaux semi-conducteurs colloïdaux possèdent des propriétés photo-physiques qui en font des objets de choix pour des applications variées, comme le marquage biologique, le photovoltaïque ou encore l'optique quantique. Dans cette thèse, nous étudions les modifications, introduites par des réseaux d'or, de la fluorescence de nanocristaux CdSe/CdS à coquille épaisse. Nous présentons tout d'abord les propriétés fondamentales de ces nanocristaux de CdSe/CdS puis la manière dont leurs propriétés d'émission peuvent être contrôlées par l'environnement électromagnétique, en détaillant en particulier le cas d'un couplage avec des plasmons de surface. Des simulations réalisées par nos collaborateurs du LICB dans le cadre d'un projet ANR sont ensuite comparées à nos mesures expérimentales. Nous observons que le couplage des nano-émetteurs individuels au réseau d'or permet à la fois d'accélérer l'émission spontanée et de mieux la collecter. Les structures métalliques sont optimisées pour que les améliorations détectées soient peu sensibles à la position de l'émetteur. Un effet supplémentaire est le contrôle de la polarisation de l'émission qui se révèle être fixée pa r le réseau. Nous rapportons également des changements dans la statistique temporelle d'émission des photons et notamment la suppression totale du scintillement. Les métaux étant connus pour leurs pertes ohmiques, des expériences ont été réalisées pour montrer que les pertes non radiatives qu'elles entraînent peuvent être réduites à basse température. Nous avons examiné le cas d'une surface d'or plane ainsi que des réseaux linéaires et circulaires. Enfin, une nouvelle méthode de post-traitement a été développée en parallèle. Elle permet par exemple d'étudier les variations de l'efficacité quantique bi-excitonique dans des nanocristaux enrobés d'or suivant l'état de charge de l'émetteur. / Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals are fluorescent nano-objects exhibiting discrete energy levels which justify their second appellation: quantum dots (QDs). Due to their high efficiency and ease of use, they find potential applications in a wide range of fields. Their usefulness for biological labeling, optoelectronic components in flat screens, light harvesting or quantum optics has been demonstrated by many studies. In this thesis, we use gold gratings in order to modify the emission properties of CdSe/CdS core-shell nanocrystals. After a brief presentation of their electronic and fluorescence properties, we explain how those properties can be modified by the control of the electromagnetic environment with particular care to the case of surface plasmons. We then show through experiment and simulations that those plasmons enable better collection efficiency, faster photo-luminescence decay rates, and polarized emission without being particularly restricting towards QD positioning. Changes in the emission statistics are also observed, notably total suppression of the blinking in the fluorescence intensity. Further experiments at low temperature have been realized in order to assess the importance of the gold ohmic losses. We investigated the case of a flat gold film as well as linear and circular gratings. A new post-selection method is also introduced and used to study the variations of the bi-excitonic quantum yield for nanocrystals embedded in a gold nano-resonator as a function of the ionization state of the emitter.

L’imagerie par Résonance des Plasmons de Surface (SPRI) est une technique d’analyse d’interactions moléculaires présentant de nombreux avantages. Elle peut être appliquée en temps réel et sans marquage, pour étudier un grand nombre d’interactions simultanément sur un même échantillon. La transduction d’un événement d‘interaction entre deux molécules complémentaires en un signal optique, repose sur la perturbation de l’onde plasmonique évanescente créée à la surface d’un film métallique mince.Toutefois, bien que la mesure SPR soit directe et sans marquage, sa spécificité repose entièrement sur celle des molécules sondes déposées à la surface de la puce et donc sur la chimie ayant servi à les immobiliser. Cette limitation devient problématique pour adresser les grands enjeux de santé actuels, liés à la détection de molécules à l’état de traces. En particulier, de nouveaux systèmes d’analyse plus sensibles sont requis pour pouvoir diagnostiquer le cancer au plus tôt, ou encore détecter la présence de contaminants agro-alimentaires en faible concentration.Dans cette perspective d’amélioration de la spécificité de détection, ce travail porte sur la mise au point d’un instrument bimodal couplant la SPRI, capable de quantifier la capture de molécules cibles, à la Spectrométrie Raman Exaltée de Surface (SERS), qui permet d’identifier la nature des molécules capturées en déterminant leur « empreinte » moléculaire. Cette thèse s’inscrit dans un projet ANR regroupant un consortium de partenaires académiques et un industriel.Ce document se concentre sur le développement de l’instrument optique combinant les deux systèmes de détection en un seul prototype. La mesure SPRI est réalisée en configuration Kretschmann, tandis que l’analyse SERS s’effectue par le dessus, en milieu liquide, à travers un hublot. Ces deux mesures simultanées sont rendues possibles grâce à la mise au point d’un substrat métallique nanostructuré. Une caractérisation détaillée du système optique est tout d’abord présentée, puis de premiers résultats de validation de la mesure bimodale sur un cas modèle d’interaction biomoléculaire ADN sont démontrés. Ces expériences prometteuses confirment le fonctionnement de l’instrument bimodal dans la perspective d’applications d’intérêt biologique. / Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging (SPRI) is a powerful technique to study molecular interactions providing a real time, label free and high throughput analysis. The transduction of an interaction between complementary molecules into an optical signal is based on the perturbation of a plasmonic evanescent wave supported by a thin metallic film.However, despite its direct and label free assets, the specificity of SPR measurements is only guaranteed by the probe molecules grafted on the metallic surface and therefore by the quality of the surface chemistry. This limitation becomes an issue when addressing major health concerns relying on the detection of trace molecules. In particular, new systems are required to help early diagnosis and the control of food contaminants.In view of improving measurement’s specificity, this work reports the development of a bimodal instrument coupling SPRI, allowing the quantification of captured molecules, with Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS), adding the precise identification of the molecules by measuring their spectroscopic fingerprint. This PhD is part of an ANR project bringing together academic and industrial partners.This manuscript focuses on the development of the optical instrument combining the two detection systems in a unique prototype. SPRI measurements are performed in the Kretschmann configuration while SERS analysis is implemented from the top, in solution, through a glass window. Nanostructured substrates have been designed and realized to allow the simultaneous experiment.The optical system is described, characterized and validated on the model case of a DNA hybridization. These first results prove the capabilities of the bimodal instrument in the perspective of more complex biological applications.

Práce pojednává o vlastnostech plazmonických antén v infračervené a viditelné oblasti. Práce zahrnuje výrobu, měření a numerické modelování optických vlastností antén. Infračervené plazmonické antény na absorbujícím substrátu (SRON) jsou studovány pro jejich rezonanční a absorpční vlastnosti. Byla nalezena geometrie antény, která poskytuje maximální účinnost absorpce ve SRON vrstvě. Dále je studována možnost zesílení daného vibračního módu substrátu (obsahujícího 3-4 materiálové rezonance) pomocí plazmonické rezonance antény. Nakonec jsou prezentována měření katodoluminiscenčních spekter antén ve viditelném spektru.

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[pt] Desenvolver um sistema que combine direcionamento ativo para células específicas, elevada incorporação celular, capacidade de transdução fototérmica e biocompatibilidade é um desafio para tornar nanopartículas aplicáveis na área da biomedicina. Neste estudo, realizamos a funcionalização de nanopartículas de ouro (AuNP) em algumas etapas, utilizando macromoléculas estrategicamente para conferir- lhes características-chave de agentes teranósticos. O polietileno glicol (PEG), sendo hidrofílico, melhora a estabilidade e a duração em circulação das nanopartículas. Já o poli(ácido lático) (PLA), que é um polímero hidrofóbico e biodegradável, desempenha um papel importante na interação e incorporação dessas nanopartículas através das membranas celulares. Além disso, a funcionalização com folato pode oferecer um direcionamento ativo, uma vez que as células tumorais geralmente superexpressam proteínas receptoras de folato. Através da funcionalização única, dupla, Janus e tripla de AuNP esféricas ou cilíndricas com estes ligantes, conseguimos obter diferentes propriedades relacionadas a agregação, estabilidade e ressonância de plásmons de superfície localizada (LSPR). A funcionalização tripla garante simultaneamente uma estabilidade das nanopartículas em meios aquosos e um aumento significativo na incorporação celular. Além disso, a exposição com radiação infravermelha mostra que os nanobastões conseguem elevar a temperatura mais eficientemente do que as nanoesferas devido à sua banda de ressonância plasmônica superficial longitudinal. Os resultados sugerem que essa estratégia de funcionalização pode ser utilizada para ajustar as propriedades desejadas, possibilitando aplicações práticas e eficazes das nanopartículas de ouro em imagiologia e terapia fototérmica em pesquisas na área biomédica. / [en] Developing a system that combines active targeting to specific cells, enhanced cellular uptake, photothermal transduction capacity, and biocompatibility is a challenge to make nanoparticles applicable in the field of biomedicine. In this study, we carried out the functionalization of gold nanoparticles (AuNP) in several steps strategically using macromolecules to provide key characteristics of theragnostic agents. Polyethylene glycol (PEG), being hydrophilic, enhances nanoparticle stability and circulation lifetime. Polylactic acid (PLA), which is a biodegradable hydrophobic polymer, plays an important role in the interaction and uptake of these nanoparticles through cellular membranes. Furthermore, functionalization with folate can offer active targeting, as tumor cells typically overexpress folate receptor proteins. By single, double, and triple functionalization of spherical and rod-shaped AuNP with these ligands, we obtained varying properties related to aggregation, stability, and localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR). Triple functionalization ensured simultaneous stability of the nanoparticles in aqueous media and a significant increase in cellular uptake. Additionally, the incidence of infrared radiation reveals that nanorods can increase the temperature more effectively gold nanospheres due to their longitudinal surface plasmon resonance band. The results suggest that this functionalization strategy can be employed to fine-tune desired properties, enabling practical and effective applications of gold nanoparticles in imaging and photothermal therapy within biomedical research.

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Plasmonic nanostructures can enhance light-matter interactions in the subwavelength domain, which is useful for photodetection, light emission, optical biosensing, and spectroscopy. However, conventional plasmonic devices are optimized to operate in a single wavelength band, which is not efficient for wavelength-multiplexed operations and quantum optical applications involving multi-photon nonlinear processes at multiple wavelength bands. Overcoming the limitations of single-resonant plasmonics requires development of plasmonic devices that can enhance the optical interactions at the same locations but at different resonance wavelengths. This dissertation comprehensively studies the theory, design, and applications of such devices, called "multiresonant plasmonic systems with spatial mode overlap". We start by a literature review to elucidate the importance of this topic as well as its current and potential applications. Then, we briefly discuss the fundamentals of plasmonic resonances and mode hybridization to thoroughly explore, classify, and compare the different architectures of the multiresonant plasmonic systems with spatial mode overlap. Also, we establish the black-box coupled mode theory to quantify the coupling of optical modes and analyze the complicated dynamics of optical interactions in multiresonant plasmonic systems. Next, we introduce the nanolaminate plasmonic crystals (NPCs), wafer-scale metamaterials structures that support many (>10) highly-excitable plasmonic modes with spatial overlap across the visible and near-infrared optical bands. The enabling factors behind the NPC's superior performance as multiresonant systems are also theoretically and experimentally investigated. After that, we experimentally demonstrate the NPCs application in simultaneous second harmonic generation and anti-Stokes photoluminescence (ASPL) with controllable nonlinear emission properties. By designing specific non-linear optical experiments and developing advanced ASPL models, this work addresses some important but previously unresolved questions on the ASPL mechanism as well. Finally, we conclude the dissertation by discussing the potential applications of out-of-plane plasmonic systems with spatial mode overlap in wavelength-multiplexed devices and presenting some preliminary results. / Doctor of Philosophy / Emergence of electronic devices such as cellphones and computers has revolutionized our lifestyles over the past century. By manipulating the flow/storage of electrons at the nanometer scale, electronic components can be very compact, but their speed and energy performance is ultimately limited due to ohmic losses and finite velocity of the electrons. In parallel, photonic devices and circuits have been proposed that by molding the flow of light can overcome the mentioned limitations but are not as integrable as their electronic counterparts. Plasmonics is an emerging research field that combines electronics and photonics using nanostructures that can couple the light waves to the free electrons in metals. By confining the light at deep subwavelength scales, plasmonic devices can highly enhance the light-matter interactions, with applications in ultrafast optical communications, energy-harvesting, optical sensing, and biodetection. Conventionally, plasmonic devices are optimized to operate with a single light color, which limits their performance in wavelength-multiplexed operations and ultrafast non-linear optics. For such applications, it is far more efficient to use the more advanced "multiresonant plasmonic systems with spatial mode overlap" that can enhance the optical interactions at the same locations but for multiple light colors. This dissertation comprehensively studies these systems in terms of the fundamental concepts, design ideas, and applications. Our work advances the plasmonic field from both science and technology perspectives. In particular, we explore and classify the strategies of building multiresonant plasmonic systems with spatial mode overlap for the first time. Also, we establish the black-box coupled mode theory, a novel framework for analysis and design of complicated plasmonic structures with optimized performance. Furthermore, we introduce the "nanolaminate plasmonic crystals" (NPCs), large area and cost-effective devices that can enhance the optical processes for both visible and near-infrared lights. Finally, we demonstrate NPCs ability in simultaneous frequency-doubling and broadband emission of light and come up with advanced theoretical models that can explain the light generation and color conversion in plasmonic devices.

La plasmónica es la ciencia que estudia la interacción, a escala nanométrica, entre la luz y los electrones libres de los metales, dando lugar a la propagación de ondas altamente confinadas a su superficie. La plasmónica tiene multitud de aplicaciones en nanotecnología, como son el sensado biológico y químico, espectroscopía, nanolitografía, comunicaciones de banda ultra ancha integradas en chips, nanoantenas para luz, filtrado, y manipulación de señales ópticas, entre muchas otras. Una de las aplicaciones más novedosas es la creación de metamateriales: estructuras artificiales diseñadas para controlar la propagación de la luz, con aplicaciones fascinantes como la lente perfecta o la capa de invisibilidad. La plasmónica y los metamateriales están al frente de la investigación actual en fotónica, gracias al auge de la nanotecnología y la nanociencia, que abre las puertas a una gran cantidad de nuevas aplicaciones. Esta tesis, desarrollada en el Centro de Tecnología Nanofotónica de Valencia de la UPV, en colaboración con la University of Pennsylvania y King's College London, trata de aportar nuevas ideas, estructuras y dispositivos a los campos de la plasmónica y los metamateriales, tratando de realizar su fabricación y medida experimental cuando sea posible. La tesis no se ciñe a una única aplicación o dispositivo, sino que realiza una extensiva exploración de los diversos sub-campos de la plasmónica en busca de fenómenos novedosos. Los resultados descritos son los siguientes: En el campo de los metamateriales de índice negativo se presentan dos estructuras: nanocables en forma de U, y guías coaxiales plasmónicas. En el campo del sensado plasmónico se presenta el diseño y la prueba experimental de un sensor se sustancias químicas de altas prestaciones con nanocruces metálicas. También se detallan teóricamente: un novedoso dispositivo para luz lenta e inversión temporal de pulsos basada en metamateriales y cristales fotónicos, un metamaterial para conversión de polarización sintonizable mediante pérdidas, un análogo plasmónico al efecto de levitación Meissner en superconductores y un método de reducción de pérdidas en guías plasmónicas mediante interferencia en guías multimodo. Por último se presenta teórica y experimentalmente un nuevo ejemplo fundamental de interferencia de campo cercano, logrando la excitación unidireccional de modos fotónicos ---ya sean plasmónicos o no--- mediante los campos cercanos de un dipolo circularmente polarizado. / Rodríguez Fortuño, FJ. (2013). Design and implementation of plasmonic metamaterials and devices [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/31207 / Premios Extraordinarios de tesis doctorales