• DocumentCode
    3127951
  • Title

    Enhanced SPR Sensitivity Using Sinusoidal Gratings

  • Author

    Alleyne, C.J. ; Kirk, A.G. ; McPhedran, R.C. ; Nicorovici, N.A. ; Maystre, D.

  • Author_Institution
    Photonics Syst. Group, McGill Univ., Montreal, Que.
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    Oct. 2006
  • Firstpage
    378
  • Lastpage
    379
  • Abstract
    A thin silver sinusoidal relief grating is used to create a bandgap for surface plasmons. Enhanced sensitivity for surface refractive index sensing is observed for wavelengths close to the edge of the bandgap
  • Keywords
    biosensors; diffraction gratings; optical materials; photonic band gap; refractive index; silver; surface plasmon resonance; Ag; biosensing application; enhanced SPR sensitivity; photonic bandgap; surface plasmons; surface refractive index sensing; thin silver sinusoidal relief grating; Dielectrics; Diffraction gratings; Glass; Optical polarization; Optical surface waves; Photonic band gap; Plasmons; Resonance; Silver; Surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Montreal, Que.
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9555-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0-7803-9555-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2006.279140
  • Filename
    4054215