Experimental determination of the sensitivity of Bloch Surface Waves based sensors

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 8087-8093

  Giorgis, Fabrizio ^a   Descrovi, Emiliano ^a   Summonte, Caterina ^b   Dominici, Lorenzo ^c   Michelotti, Francesco ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; EXCITED STATES; GLUCOSE; INFRARED DEVICES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILICON NITRIDE; WATER WAVES;

DETECTION LIMITS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURFACE WAVES; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; GLUCOSE CONCENTRATION; KRETSCHMANN CONFIGURATION; REFLECTANCE CHANGES; REFRACTIVE INDEX VARIATIONS; WATER SOLUTIONS;

SURFACE WAVES;

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; GLUCOSE; RADIATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 77950895687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.008087     Document Type: Article

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