A highly sensitive photonic crystal fibre (PCF) surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor based on a bimetallic structure of gold and silver

Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE 4th International Conference on Adaptive Science and Technology, ICAST 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 121-125

  Akowuah, E K ^a   Gorman, T ^b   Ademgil, H ^c   Haxha, S ^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

fibre optic sensors; photonic crystal fibres; sensors; waveguide sensors

Indexed keywords

BIMETALLIC STRUCTURES; GOLD AND SILVER; PERFECTLY MATCHED LAYER; SENSOR SENSITIVITY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTRAL WIDTHS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SENSOR; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANSDUCING; VECTOR FINITE ELEMENT METHODS; WAVEGUIDE SENSORS;

BIOSENSORS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GOLD; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; PLASMONS; SENSORS; SPECTROSCOPY; TECHNOLOGY;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84872383469     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICASTech.2012.6381078     Document Type: Conference Paper

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