Influence of temperature on the sensitivity and signal-to-noise ratio of a fiber-optic surface-plasmon resonance sensor

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 151-161

  Sharma, Anuj K ^a   Gupta, Banshi D ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SCATTERING; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; PHONONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

METAL LAYER; PHONON-ELECTRON SCATTERING; THERMO-OPTIC COEFFICIENTS;

THERMAL EFFECTS;

EID: 30844453825     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.000151     Document Type: Article

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