Supercontinuum spatial modulation spectroscopy: Detection and noise limitations
Supercontinuum spatial modulation spectroscopy: Detection and noise limitations
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DOI:
10.1063/1.4829656
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发表时间:
2013-11-01
影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
Kuno, M.
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作者:
McDonald, M. P.;Vietmeyer, F.;Kuno, M.
Supercontinuum spatial modulation spectroscopy is a facile tool for conducting single molecule/particle extinction spectroscopy throughout the visible and near infrared (420-1100 nm). The technique's capabilities are benchmarked using individual Au nanoparticles (NPs) as a standard since they are well studied and display a prominent plasmon resonance in the visible. Extinction spectra of individual Au NPs with diameters (d) ranging from d similar to 8 to 40 nm are resolved with extinction cross sections (sigma(ext)) of sigma(ext) similar to 1 x 10(-13)-1 x 10(-11) cm(2). Corresponding signal-to-noise ratios range from similar to 30 to similar to 1400. The technique's limit of detection is determined to be 4.3 x 10(-14) cm(2) (4.3 nm(2)). To showcase supercontinuum spatial modulation spectroscopy's broader applicability, extinction spectra are acquired for other model systems, such as individual single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and CdSe nanowires. We show for the first time extinction spectra of individual (8,3) and (6,5) SWCNTs. For both chiralities, their E-11 [(8,3) 1.30 eV (952 nm); (6,5) 1.26 eV (986 nm)] and E-22 [(8,3) 1.86 eV (667 nm); (6,5) 2.19 eV (567 nm)] excitonic resonances are seen with corresponding cross sections of sigma(ext) similar to 10(-13) cm(2) mu m(-1). (C) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.