Influence of mode loss on the feasibility of grating-assisted optical fiber surface plasmon resonance refractive index sensors

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 4804-4808

  Lu, Yu Chun ^a   Huang, Wei Ping ^b   Jian, Shui Sheng ^a  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Refractive index (RI) sensor; Refractometer; Surface plasmon polarition (SPP); Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE COUPLING; GRATING LENGTH; LIMITING FACTORS; LOSSY WAVEGUIDE; MODE COUPLING; MODE LOSS; PROPAGATION LENGTHS; REFRACTIVE INDEX (RI) SENSOR; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSOR; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITION (SPP); SURFACE PLASMONS; WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS;

LIGHT REFRACTION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PLASMONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SENSORS; WAVEGUIDES;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 70349500560     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2009.2026721     Document Type: Article

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