Title :
Effect of chalcogenide glass and plasmonic metal on electric field enhancement in surface plasmon resonance sensor
Author :
Bharadwaj, Samarth ; Maharana, Pradeep Kumar ; Das, Ratan ; Jha, R.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Sci., Indian Inst. of Technol. Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, India
Abstract :
Plasmon active metals (gold and silver) along with chalcogenide glass have been used to enhance electric field intensity by 360% thereby significantly affecting the study of biomolecular interactions occurring in the vicinity of metal-analyte interface.
Keywords :
chalcogenide glasses; electro-optical effects; gold; optical sensors; plasmonics; silver; surface plasmon resonance; Ag-SiO2; Au-SiO2; biomolecular interactions; chalcogenide glass; electric field intensity enhancement; gold; metal-analyte interface; plasmonic active metal; silver; surface plasmon resonance sensor;
Conference_Titel :
Fiber Optics and Photonics (PHOTONICS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chennai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4718-1
