Simulation of surface plasmon fiber-optic sensor including the effect of oxide overlayer thickness change

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8439, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Cipriana, Dalibor ^a   Hlubinaa, Petr ^a  

^a VSB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Fiber optic sensor; Optical fiber; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATED TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION; DETECTION ACCURACY; METAL LAYER; METALLIC LAYERS; MULTI-LAYERED MEDIA; MULTIMODE SENSING FIBER; NATIVE OXIDE LAYER; OPTICAL POWER; OXIDE LAYER; OXIDE LAYER THICKNESS; RESONANCE CONDITION; SENSOR PERFORMANCE; SENSOR RESPONSE; SPR SENSORS; SURFACE PLASMON WAVES; SURFACE PLASMONS; THEORETICAL MODELS; TOP SURFACE; WAVELENGTH DOMAINS;

DISPERSION (WAVES); FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PLASMONS; SENSORS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

METALLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84861933657     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.922513     Document Type: Conference Paper

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