Augmented sensitivity of an ir-absorption gas sensor employing a metal hole array

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 968-976

  Nishijima, Yoshiaki ^a   Adachi, Yuta ^a   Rosa, Lorenzo ^b,c   Juodkazis, Saulius ^b,c  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE CENTRE FOR NANOFABRICATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CHANGES; EXTRAORDINARY TRANSMISSION; GAS DETECTION; IR WAVELENGTHS; METAL HOLE ARRAY; NON-DISPERSIVE INFRARED; PYRO-ELECTRIC DETECTORS; SURFACE-ENHANCED INFRARED ABSORPTIONS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS; GASES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MIRRORS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

GAS DETECTORS;

EID: 84880442430     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.3.000968     Document Type: Article

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