Design of a high-performance micro integrated surface plasmon resonance sensor based on silicon-on-insulator rib waveguide array

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 17313-17328

  Yuan, Dengpeng ^a   Dong, Ying ^a   Liu, Yujin ^a   Li, Tianjian ^a  

^a University Town of Shenzhen   (China)

Author keywords

Biochemical sensor; Finite difference time domain (FDTD) method; Rib waveguide; Silicon on insulator (SOI); Surface plasmon resonance (SPR)

Indexed keywords

EXCITED STATES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PLASMONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESONANCE; SILICON; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDES;

BIO-CHEMICAL SENSOR; FINITE DIFFERENT TIME DOMAIN METHOD; REFRACTIVE INDEX VARIATIONS; RIB WAVEGUIDES; SILICON MICROFABRICATION; SILICON-ON- INSULATORS (SOI); SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SENSOR; WAVELENGTH INTERROGATION;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

SILICON;

CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROTECHNOLOGY; SILICON; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84940174482     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s150717313     Document Type: Article

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