Title :
Vertical plasmonic mach-zehnder interferometer for sensitive optical sensing
Author :
Gan, Qiaoqiang ; Gao, Yongkang ; Bartoli, Filbert J.
Author_Institution :
Center for Opt. Technol., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA
Abstract :
By observing the wavelength shift of the peaks or valleys of the SPP interference pattern, a highly compact vertical plasmonic MZI with a potential to achieve a very high sensitivity is proposed.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical sensors; plasmonics; SPP interference pattern; sensitive optical sensing; vertical plasmonic Mach-Zehnder interferometer; wavelength shift;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698807
