• DocumentCode
    1687180
  • Title

    Extraordinarily high spectral sensitivity in refractive index sensors using multiple optical modes

  • Author

    Yu, Zongfu ; Fan, Shanhui

  • Author_Institution
    Ginzton Lab., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We show that high spectral sensitivity in surface plasmon resonance sensor is due to the multi-mode nature of the sensing scheme. Multi-mode sensing can be applied to dielectric systems to achieve similar extraordinary spectral sensitivity.
  • Keywords
    optical sensors; refractive index; surface plasmon resonance; dielectric systems; extraordinarily high spectral sensitivity; multimode sensing; optical modes; refractive index sensors; surface plasmon resonance sensor; Indexes; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Sensitivity; Surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326927
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1687180