Numerical analysis of a photonic crystal fiber for biosensing applications

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1403-1410

  Akowuah, Emmanuel K ^a   Gorman, Terry ^b   Ademgil, Huseyin ^c   Haxha, Shyqyri ^d   Robinson, Gary K ^d   Oliver, Jenny V ^d  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY OF LEFKE   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fiber optic sensors; photonic crystal fibers; surface plasmon resonance; waveguide sensors

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSING APPLICATIONS; MULTI-ANALYTES; SENSOR RESOLUTION; SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE BIOSENSOR; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAVEGUIDE SENSORS; WAVELENGTH INTERROGATION;

BIOSENSORS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; SENSORS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 84866303237     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2012.2213803     Document Type: Article

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