• DocumentCode
    3103599
  • Title

    Excitation of long-range surface plasmon mode with long-period waveguide grating for refractive-index sensing

  • Author

    Liu, Q. ; Chiang, K.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon, China
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    13-17 July 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We analyze the excitation of the long-range surface plasmon mode of a metal-coated waveguide with a long-period grating for refractive-index sensing. This sensing principle can offer both high sensitivity and high precision for biomedical applications.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; optical waveguides; refractive index measurement; surface plasmons; biomedical applications; long- period waveguide grating; long-range surface plasmon mode; metal-coated waveguide; refractive-index sensing; Biosensors; Chemical and biological sensors; Dielectrics; Gratings; Optical fiber sensors; Plasmons; Refractive index; Resonance; Slabs; Surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
  • Conference_Location
    Hong Kong
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4102-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4103-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OECC.2009.5212971
  • Filename
    5212971