A novel nanometeric plasmonic refractive index sensor

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 134-137

  Jin, Xiao Ping ^a   Huang, Xu Guang ^a   Tao, Jin ^a   Lin, Xian Shi ^a   Zhang, Qin ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Metal insulator metal (MIM) waveguide; Refractive index; Sensor; Surface plasmon polariton (SPP)

Indexed keywords

CAVITY MODE; HIGH RESOLUTION; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; METAL INSULATOR METALS; METAL-INSULATOR-METAL (MIM) WAVEGUIDE; NOVEL SURFACES; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSOR; RESONANT WAVELENGTHS; SIMULATED RESULTS; WAVEGUIDE MODE; WAVELENGTH RESOLUTION;

BIOSENSORS; LIGHT REFRACTION; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; METALS; MIM DEVICES; PHONONS; PHOTONS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM THEORY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACES; WAVEGUIDES;

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EID: 77949398727     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2009.2038909     Document Type: Article

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