Abstract
A two-step spectral interferometric technique to detect the spectral phase shift of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) in the Kretschmann configuration is proposed and demonstrated. The technique utilizes a polarimetry setup to record two channeled spectra, one including reflection of p- and s- polarized waves from an SPR structure for air when the SPR phenomenon does not occur, and the other one for an analyte when the SPR phenomenon occurs. The channeled spectra are used to detect the SPR spectral phase shift and first, an SF10 glass prism and a gold coated SF10 slide with a chromium adhesion layer is used to measure the SPR phase shift for aqueous solutions of ethanol. In addition, the position of a sharp maximum in the spectral derivative of the SPR phase shift is measured as a function of the analyte parameter. Second, the setup with a gold coated SF10 glass prism is used to measure the SPR phase shift for the same analyte. It is revealed that the detection accuracy of the measurement of the spectral derivative of the SPR phase shift in the second setup is lower than that in the first setup. For the first case, the measurements are accompanied by theoretical modeling of the SPR responses using the material dispersion characteristics.
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