Deep subwavelength-scale metal-insulator-metal plasmonic disk cavities for refractive index sensors

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kwon, Soon Hong ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

index sensor; nanocavity; Plamsmonics

Indexed keywords

1550 NM; FIGURE OF MERITS; GAP THICKNESS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; METAL DISK; METAL INSULATOR METALS; NANO-CAVITIES; NARROW-LINE WIDTH; PLAMSMONICS; PLASMONIC; PLASMONIC MODES; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSOR; REFRACTIVE INDEX UNITS; ULTRA-SMALL;

REFRACTIVE INDEX; SENSORS;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84873898798     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2013.2244206     Document Type: Article

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