title: Infrared spectroscopy of molecules with nanorod arrays: a numerical study.
abstract: Nanorod arrays with diameters much smaller than the wavelength exhibit sharp resonances with strong electric-field enhancement and angular dependence. They are investigated for enhanced infrared spectroscopy of molecular bonds. The molecule 3-cyanopropyldimethylchlorosilane (CS) is taken as a reference, and its complex permittivity is determined experimentally in the 3-5 μm wavelength range. When grafted on silicon nitride nanorods, we show numerically that its weak absorption bands due to chemical bond vibrations can be enhanced by several orders of magnitude compared with unstructured thin film. We propose a figure of merit (FoM) to assess the performance of this spectroscopic scheme, and we study the impact of the nanorod cross section on the FoM.
authors.forename: Clément
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tardieu
authors.forename: Grégory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.forename: Riad
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haïdar
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Collin