Graphene-based birefringent photonic crystal fiber sensor using surface plasmon resonance

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1092-1095

  Dash, Jitendra Narayan ^a   Jha, Rajan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BHUBANESWAR   (India)

Author keywords

graphene; Photonic crystal fiber; sensor; surface plasmon resonance (SPR)

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; GRAPHENE; METALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; PLASMONS; SENSORS; SILVER;

ACTIVE METALS; BIREFRINGENT PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; GUIDED MODES; HIGH AMPLITUDES; METAL THICKNESS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER SENSOR (PCF); SILVER LAYER; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84900439822     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2014.2315233     Document Type: Article

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