TY - JOUR
T1 - Phase-detection-sensitivity enhancement of grating-coupled surface plasmon resonance sensor with light incident at nonzero azimuth angle
AU - Kuo, Wen Kai
AU - Chang, Chih Hao
AU - Wu, Chien Jang
AU - Yu, Hsin Her
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - We have numerically and experimentally demonstrated the enhancement of phase detection sensitivity of a grating-coupled surface plasmon resonance (GCSPR) sensor by using incident light at a nonzero azimuth angle. Phase detection measurements were performed using an electro-optic heterodyne interferometer. When the GCSPR sensor was rotated azimuthally by 0 deg and 58 deg, the phase detection sensitivities were approximately 3.2 × 10 -7 RIU and 5.5 × 10-8 RIU, respectively. The azimuth angle of 58deg was found to enhance the sensor sensitivity by a factor of 5.87 relative to the azimuth angle of 0 deg.
AB - We have numerically and experimentally demonstrated the enhancement of phase detection sensitivity of a grating-coupled surface plasmon resonance (GCSPR) sensor by using incident light at a nonzero azimuth angle. Phase detection measurements were performed using an electro-optic heterodyne interferometer. When the GCSPR sensor was rotated azimuthally by 0 deg and 58 deg, the phase detection sensitivities were approximately 3.2 × 10 -7 RIU and 5.5 × 10-8 RIU, respectively. The azimuth angle of 58deg was found to enhance the sensor sensitivity by a factor of 5.87 relative to the azimuth angle of 0 deg.
KW - azimuth angle
KW - grating-coupled surface plasmon resonance
KW - heterodyne interferometer
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U2 - 10.1117/1.JNP.6.063524
DO - 10.1117/1.JNP.6.063524
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84885450748
VL - 6
JO - Journal of Nanophotonics
JF - Journal of Nanophotonics
SN - 1934-2608
IS - 1
M1 - 063524
ER -