Title :
Metal-grating trapezoidal plasmonic waveguide sensor
Author :
Xu, M.Y.-C. ; Aitchison, J.S.
Author_Institution :
Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Metal-Bragg-grating-embedded trapezoidal SPP waveguides are fabricated using a novel enclosure method. We will show theoretical and experimental data demonstrating a device having 1100 nm/RIU detection sensitivity.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; optical fabrication; optical sensors; optical waveguides; polaritons; surface plasmons; enclosure method; metal-Bragg-grating embedding; trapezoidal plasmonic waveguide sensor; trapezoidal surface plasmon polariton waveguides; Gratings; Metals; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
