Extraordinarily high spectral sensitivity in refractive index sensors using multiple optical modes

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 10029-10040

  Yu, Zongfu ^a   Fan, Shanhui ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; PLASMONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SENSORS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

DIELECTRIC SYSTEMS; FUNDAMENTAL CONSTRAINTS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; MULTI-MODE SENSING; MULTIMODES; OPTICAL MODES; QUALITY FACTORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSOR; SENSING SCHEMES; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SENSOR; SURFACE PLASMONS;

SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79957597403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.010029     Document Type: Article

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