Abstract

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is widely used to detect low-concentration samples in biology, medicine, etc. We design and theoretically investigate a SERS sensor with a surface plasmonic array coupled alternately with a dielectric waveguide. The effect of the incident angle on the coupling efficiency of an evanescent field is systematically studied. The results show that the maximum evanescent field coupling efficiency can be obtained at an incident angle of 66°. The proposed SERS sensor has a transmission length of 1.027 cm and a high enhancement performance with an enhancement factor of ${1.574} \times {{10}^4}$ at a wavelength of 633 nm. The integration of this SERS sensor with a metal array and a dielectric waveguide prevents the direct illumination of the sample molecules by the excited light. Furthermore, the long-range nondestructive detection of the SERS signals of the low-concentration sample molecules can be achieved.

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