A multi-core holey fiber based plasmonic sensor with large detection range and high linearity

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 5974-5986

  Shuai, Binbin ^a   Xia, Li ^a   Zhang, Yating ^a   Liu, Deming ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HOLEY FIBERS; SENSORS;

ANALYTES; AVERAGE SENSITIVITIES; CLOSED FORM; COUPLING PROCESS; COUPLING PROPERTIES; DETECTION RANGE; DYNAMIC SENSING; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; HIGH LINEARITY; MULTI CORE; PLASMONIC; PLASMONIC SENSORS; SENSING RANGES;

PLASMONS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; POROSITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; POROSITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84858992655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.005974     Document Type: Article

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