A Small-Displacement Sensor Using Total Internal Reflection Theory and Surface Plasmon Resonance Technology for Heterodyne Interferometry

Sensors

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2498-2510

  Wang, Shinn Fwu ^a  

^a CHING YUN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heterodyne interferometry (HI); Small displacement sensor; Surface plasmon resonance (SPR); Total internal reflection (TIR)

Indexed keywords

HETERODYNING; INTERFEROMETRY; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DISPLACEMENT SENSOR; HETERODYNE INTERFEROMETRY; REFLECTION THEORY; SMALL DISPLACEMENT; SMALL-DISPLACEMENT SENSOR; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE-PLASMON RESONANCE; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 77955510239     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s90402498     Document Type: Article

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