Dual Polarization Measurements in the Hybrid Plasmonic Biosensors

Plasmonics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 465-473

  Bahrami, F ^a   Alam, M Z ^a   Aitchison, J S ^a   Mojahedi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biosensor; Dielectric waveguide; Limit of detection; Plasmonic; Polarization; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877620099     PISSN: 15571955     EISSN: 15571963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11468-012-9411-z     Document Type: Article

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