Performance limits to the operation of nanoplasmonic chemical sensors: Noise-equivalent refractive index and detectivity

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Jaǩsíc, Zoran ^a   Jaǩsíc, Olga ^b   Matovíc, Jovan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b School of Electrical Engineering Nikola Tesla   (Serbia)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

detectivity; noise; Photonics; plasmonics; sensors; surface plasmon polaritons

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DESORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; INFRARED DETECTORS; PHOTONICS; PLASMONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SENSORS; SPECTRAL DENSITY;

ADSORPTION-DESORPTION NOISE; CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SENSORS; DETECTIVITY; GENERATION-RECOMBINATION PROCESS; NOISE; REFRACTIVE INDEX FLUCTUATIONS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SENSOR;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 69949128790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3124792     Document Type: Article

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