Surface plasmon sensing with different metals in single and double layer configurations

Applied Optics

Volumn 51, Issue 27, 2012, Pages 6673-6682

  Nesterenko, Dmitry V ^a   Saif Ur Rehman, ^a,b   Sekkat, Zouheir ^a,b,c  

^a Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science and Innovation and Research (MAScIR)   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^c HASSAN II ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM COATINGS; GOLD COATINGS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ADSORPTION LAYER; ALUMINUM (AL); COATING LAYER; METALLIC LAYERS; OPTICAL THICKNESS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SENSOR; SURFACE PLASMONS; ULTRAVIOLET REGION;

PLASMONS;

ALUMINUM; COPPER; GOLD; SILVER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ALGORITHMS; ALUMINUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPPER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GOLD; REFRACTOMETRY; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84866687837     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.51.006673     Document Type: Article

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