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Halas, Naomi Dong, Liangliang 2020-03-23T21:56:22Z 2020-03-23T21:56:22Z 2020-05 2020-03-19 May 2020 2020-03-23T21:56:23Z Dong, Liangliang. "Engineered Plasmonic Nanostructures for Infrared Spectroscopy, Refractive Index Sensing and Nonlinear Optics." (2020) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/108130">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/108130</a>. https://hdl.handle.net/1911/108130 Surface plasmon – the electromagnetic interaction in metal nanoparticles and nanostructures – has been the topic of intense research activities for many years. Early researchers studied the dependence of plasmon resonance frequency on the size, shape and dielectric environment of the nanoscale system, mainly for sensing applications. The intense and localized field, generated by two adjacent metallic nanostructures when appropriately illuminated, has been utilized for enhancing the sensitivity of vibrational spectroscopy. The near-field enhancement is also responsible for benefiting device properties, such as improving nonlinear frequency conversion efficiency. In this thesis, I will present plasmonic structures with interesting optical properties and discuss their applications in infrared spectroscopy, refractive index sensing and subwavelength nonlinear optics. application/pdf eng Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder. plasmonics surface-enhancement infrared absorption spectroscopy refractive index sensing third harmonic generation Engineered Plasmonic Nanostructures for Infrared Spectroscopy, Refractive Index Sensing and Nonlinear Optics Thesis Text Chemistry Natural Sciences Rice University Doctoral Doctor of Philosophy open.access