Modeling SPR sensors with the finite-difference time-domain method

Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Volumn 11, Issue 6-7, 1996, Pages 677-684

  Christensen, Douglas ^a   Fowers, David ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

numerical techniques; sensor modeling, finite difference time domain; surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALLIC FILMS; OSCILLATIONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILVER; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DRUDE FREE ELECTRON MODEL; EXCITATION BEAMS; INCIDENT BEAM; KINETIC FORCE EQUATION; PLANEWAVE THEORY; POYNTING VECTOR PLOTS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SENSORS;

SENSORS;

BIOSENSOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 0029975113     PISSN: 09565663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0956-5663(96)83301-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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