Enhanced Sensitivity of Silicon-On-Insulator Surface Plasmon Interferometer With Additional Silicon Layer

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 538-545

  Le, Khai Q ^a   Bienstman, Peter ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

silicon on insulator biosensors; Surface plasmon interferometer

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008004966     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2011.2156778     Document Type: Article

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