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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
