Surface-plasmon-resonance-based fiber-optic refractive index sensor: Sensitivity enhancement

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2032-2036

  Bhatia, Priya ^a   Gupta, Banshi D ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FIBER OPTICS; METALS; PLASMONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; RESONANCE; SILICON;

ELECTRIC FIELD INTENSITIES; HIGH-INDEX DIELECTRIC LAYERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSOR; RESONANCE WAVELENGTHS; SENSING LAYERS; SENSITIVITY ENHANCEMENTS; SILICON FILM THICKNESS; WAVELENGTH INTERROGATION;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

GOLD; SILICON; SILVER;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; GOLD; REFRACTOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILICON; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 79958762364     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.002032     Document Type: Article

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