Numerical method for high accuracy index of refraction estimation for spectro-angular surface plasmon resonance systems

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 19493-19503

  Alleyne, Colin J ^a   Kirk, Andrew G ^a   Chien, Wei Yin ^a   Charette, Paul G ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLASMONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

DYNAMIC RANGE; EIGENVECTOR ANALYSIS; FINDING ALGORITHM; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-ACCURACY; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES; REFRACTIVE INDEX UNITS; WEIGHTED CENTROID;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 56749173791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.019493     Document Type: Article

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