Theoretical limit of localized surface plasmon resonance sensitivity to local refractive index change and its comparison to conventional surface plasmon resonance sensor

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 994-1002

  Zalyubovskiy, Sergiy J ^a   Bogdanova, Maria ^b   Deinega, Alexei ^b   Lozovik, Yurii ^b,c   Pris, Andrew D ^a   An, Kwang Hyup ^a   Hall, W Paige ^a   Potyrailo, Radislav A ^a  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b KINTECH LAB LTD   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF SPECTROSCOPY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SENSORS;

ANALYTES; DETECTION CAPABILITY; DIFFERENT GEOMETRY; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; NUMERICAL SENSITIVITY; PARTICLE SHAPE; PERTURBATION THEORY; QUASISTATIC LIMIT; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES; RESONANCE WAVELENGTHS; SENSITIVITY LIMIT; SPLIT RINGS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SENSOR; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION; THEORETICAL LIMITS; THEORETICAL RESULT;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84861859065     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.29.000994     Document Type: Article

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