Title :
Multimode spectroscopy in dielectric-grating-coupled surface plasmon sensors
Author :
Bahrami, F. ; Aitchison, J.S. ; Mojahedi, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
A novel platform for decoupling the surface and bulk effects in plasmonic-based biosensors is proposed. Theoretical results show that the proposed platforms allows for three-mode spectroscopy rather than a single mode as in conventional plasmonic biosensors.
Keywords :
biosensors; diffraction gratings; optical sensors; plasmonics; spectroscopy; surface plasmon resonance; bulk effect; dielectric-grating-coupled surface plasmon sensors; multimode spectroscopy; plasmonic-based biosensors; surface effect; three-mode spectroscopy; Biosensors; Dielectrics; Gratings; Plasmons; Sensitivity; Surface waves; Biosensor; Dielectric grating; Genetic algorithm; Surface plasmon;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656339
