Rapid and highly sensitive detection using Fano resonances in ultrathin plasmonic nanogratings

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 16, 2014, Pages

  Zeng, Beibei ^a   Gao, Yongkang ^a   Bartoli, Filbert J ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMONS; RESONANCE; SILICONES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSMISSIONS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

DETECTION RESOLUTIONS; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; HIGHLY SENSITIVE DETECTIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX UNITS; SENSING APPLICATIONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SENSOR; TRANSMISSION GEOMETRIES; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS;

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EID: 84908178808     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4899132     Document Type: Article

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