Long range surface plasmons on asymmetric suspended thin film structures for biosensing applications

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 19009-19019

  Min, Qiao ^a   Chen, Hengkun ^b   Berini, Pierre ^b   Gordon, Reuven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; LIGHT REFRACTION; PLASMONS; REFRACTOMETERS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLUTIONS; THIN FILMS; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD; WAVEGUIDES;

2D CONFINEMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; ASYMMETRIC STRUCTURES; BIOSENSING APPLICATIONS; DIELECTRIC LAYER; FIGURES OF MERITS; HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX; LONG-RANGE SURFACE PLASMONS; LOW REFRACTIVE INDEX; NON-RADIATIVE; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; SLAB WAVEGUIDES; SYMMETRIC STRUCTURES; THIN-FILM STRUCTURE; TRANSCENDENTAL EQUATIONS; TRANSFER-MATRIX CALCULATIONS; TRANSVERSE FIELD;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

GOLD; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ALGORITHMS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GOLD; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOFTWARE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WATER;

EID: 77956391546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.019009     Document Type: Article

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