Multilayered coated infra-red surface plasmon resonance fibre sensors for aqueous chemical sensing

Optical Fiber Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 477-482

  Allsop, T ^a   Neal, R ^c   Mou, C ^a   Brown, P ^c   Rehman, S ^a   Kalli, K ^b   Webb, D J ^a   Mapps, D ^c   Bennion, I ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibre optic sensor; Index sensing; Surface plasmons resonances

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; COATINGS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; PLASMONICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

CHEMICAL SENSING; COUPLING EFFICIENCY; FIBRE SENSORS; INDEX SENSING; MULTI-LAYERED; SPECTRAL REFRACTIVE INDICES; SURFACE PLASMONS RESONANCES; TYPE STRUCTURES;

PLASMONS;

EID: 70350783857     PISSN: 10685200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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