Bio-sensing by mach-zehnder interferometer comprising doubly-corrugated spoofed surface plasmon polariton (DC-SSPP) waveguide

IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 460-466

  Xu, Zhao ^a   Mazumder, Pinaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio molecular sensing; doubly corrugated spoofed surface plasmon polariton (DC SSPP); Mach Zehnder interferometer (MZI); phase difference

Indexed keywords

BIO-MOLECULAR; BIOSENSING; DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; DIELECTRIC LOADINGS; HFSS SIMULATION; HIGH QUALITY FACTORS; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; PHASE CHANGE; PHASE DIFFERENCE; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; THEORETICAL MODELING; THZ SIGNAL; TRANSMISSION MAXIMA; TRANSMISSION PEAKS; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; LOADING; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WAVEGUIDES;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84863981256     PISSN: 2156342X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2012.2202811     Document Type: Article

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