Multiple surface-plasmon resonance in uniform-waist tapered optical fibers with an asymmetric double-layer deposition

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 519-526

  González Cano, Agustín ^a   Bueno, Francisco Javier ^b   Esteban, Óscar ^b   Díaz Herrera, Natalia ^a   Navarrete, María Cruz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SENSORS; PLASMA WAVES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DIELECTRIC LAYERS; INCIDENT FIELDS; REFLECTIVE SENSORS; TRANSMITTANCE CURVES;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 13444249840     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.000519     Document Type: Article

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