Gas-Clad Two-Way Fiber Optic SPR Sensor: a Novel Approach for Refractive Index Sensing

Plasmonics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1071-1076

  Mishra, Akhilesh K ^a   Mishra, Satyendra K ^b   Gupta, Banshi D ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Figure of merit; Optical fiber; Refractive index; Sensor; Surface plasmon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941878908     PISSN: 15571955     EISSN: 15571963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11468-015-9897-2     Document Type: Article

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