SUB-MICRON PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDE FOR EFFICIENT SENSING OF BIO-FLUIDS
Author(s) -
Rik Chattopadhyay,
Rimlee Deb Roy,
Shyamal K. Bhadra
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
progress in electromagnetics research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.245
H-Index - 33
ISSN - 1937-6480
DOI - 10.2528/pierl13052207
Subject(s) - plasmon , materials science , optoelectronics , waveguide , nanotechnology , optics , physics
A new sensor device is reported to measure the change in dielectric permittivity or refractive index of liquid samples. This novel device is extremely compact in nature and can be fabricated on a chip by integrated optical design method. The device works on change in surface plasmon (SP) amplitude to obtain permittivity values of samples adjacent to a specially designed metal-dielectric interface in a waveguide. The geometry of the interface has a distinct efiect on sensitivity of measurement. The performance of the device is analyzed, and predicted through analytical and numerical calculations.
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