Improved sensitivity in a T-shaped nanodimer plasmonic sensor

Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Xi, Zheng ^a   Lu, Yonghua ^a   Yu, Wenhai ^a   Wang, Pei ^a   Ming, Hai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Fano resonance; plasmonics; sensing

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESONANCE;

COUPLING STRENGTHS; DARK MODES; FANO RESONANCES; PLASMONIC SENSORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES; SENSING; SPATIAL LOCATION; SPECTRAL RESPONSE;

PLASMONICS;

EID: 84873385842     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/15/2/025004     Document Type: Article

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