Waveguided SPR sensor using a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with variable power splitting ratio

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-26

  Levy, R ^a   Peled, A ^a   Ruschin, S ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Mach Zehnder interferometer; Sensitivity; Surface plasmon resonance; Variable power splitting

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; INTEGRATED OPTICS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WAVEGUIDES;

MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER; OPTICAL CARRIER; SINGLE-CHANNEL SENSOR; VARIABLE POWER SPLITTING;

SENSORS;

EID: 33748331208     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2005.11.057     Document Type: Article

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