Optimizing surface-plasmon resonance sensors for limit of detection based on a Cramer-Rao bound

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 170-175

  Hastings, J T ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemical sensing; Optical sensing; Spectral analysis; Surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

CRAMER-RAO BOUNDS; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BIOCHEMICAL SENSING; INTERROGATION SYSTEMS; OPTICAL SENSING; SURFACE PLASMONS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 38349102766     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2007.912782     Document Type: Article

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