Enhancing LSPR Sensitivity of Au Gratings through Graphene Coupling to Au Film

Plasmonics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 507-512

  Maurer, T ^a   Nicolas, R ^a,d   Leveque G ^b   Subramanian, P ^c   Proust, J ^a   Beal J ^a   Schuermans, S ^a   Vilcot, J P ^b   Herro, Z ^d   Kazan, M ^e   Plain, J ^a   Boukherroub, R ^c   Akjouj, A ^b   Djafari Rouhani, B ^b   Adam, P M ^a   Szunerits, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

^b INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^e AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Figure of merit; Gold film; Gold nanoparticle; Graphene spacer; Localized surface plasmon resonance; Optical sensor; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900855023     PISSN: 15571955     EISSN: 15571963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11468-013-9649-0     Document Type: Article

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