Excitation of surface plasmons using tilted planar-waveguide Bragg gratings

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 777-788

  Holmes, C ^a   Daly, K R ^a   Sparrow, I J G ^b   Gates, J C ^a   D'Alessandro, G ^a   Smith, P G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Stratophase Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

gratings; plasmonics; sensors; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

CAUCHY INTEGRAL; FABRICATED DEVICE; GOLD LAYER; INTEGRATED STRUCTURE; LIQUID ANALYTE; OPTICAL SURFACES; PLASMONIC SENSORS; PLASMONICS; SURFACE PLASMONS; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS; WAVEGUIDE MODE;

BRAGG GRATINGS; INTEGRATION; PLASMONS; SENSORS;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 80052639952     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2011.2164395     Document Type: Article

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