Abstract
The surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) technique provides outstanding molecular fingerprint identification and high sensitivity of analytes. Herein, colloidal sphere-shaped gold nanoparticles (Au-NPs) trapped in concentric rings of the Bessel beam generated from the optical fiber-based negative axicon has been reported as a SERS substrate. With the trapping of Au-NPs, the SERS ability of colloidal Au-NPs improved, and the average enhancement factor (AEF) of the rhodamine-6G (R6G) and 4-aminothiophenol (4-ATP) molecules can reach up to the order of 107. Control experiments were also carried out with the trapping of Au-NPs by Gaussian beam illumination, without any illumination of the light and with the trapping of Au-NPs by the Bessel beam illumination on a silver (Ag)-coated silicon (Si) substrate with a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of 4-ATP. Theoretical studies were also carried out using the finite element method (FEM) to identify the hotspots generated in the gaps formed between the Au-NPs, leading to an enhancement in the SERS signal of the molecules, and the results were consistent with the experimentally determined AEFs. The obtained results demonstrate that the proposed SERS technique is stable. This study has significant potential applications in clinical diagnosis, food safety, environment safety, chemical sensing, and biosensing.
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