Photonic Crystal Fiber and Waveguide-Based Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensors for Application in the Visible and Near-IR

On the surface plasmon polariton wave at the planar interface of a metal and a chiral sculptured thin film

“…The theory was later extended to interfaces of metals and anisotropic dielectric materials (Singh & Thyagarajan 1991;Mihalache et al 1994). With the current surge of interest in application of SPP-wave-based techniques for biosensing (Homola et al 1999;Abdulhalim et al 2008), imaging (Aoki et al 2005;Kanda et al 2005) and information transmission in computer chips (Maier et al 2001), the propagation of SPPs at the interface of a metal and manufactured structures such as photonic crystals is now being explored (Huang & Zhu 2007;Hassani et al 2008).…”

Design and optimization of a novel surface plasmon resonance biosensor based on Otto configuration

“…Some recent advances include photonic crystal fiber and waveguide SPR sensors [13], lapped D-shaped fiber sensors [14] and tapered fibre optic sensors [15].In addition, concepts such as multi-pass interferometry in phase-sensitive SPR sensors [16] and the development of sensors based on chalcogenide prism and aluminum, provide options in realization of high performance SPR biosensors [17]. However, the integration of fiber -SPR to other biosensor components raises some design issues.…”

New Class of Surface Magnon Polaritons in Enantiomeric Antiferromagnetic Structures

“…Recent development in SMP applications at the interface of a negative-index metamaterial and a conventional medium has generated a considerable interest in surface waves in complex electromagnetic materials such as photonic crystals and bianisotropic media [23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31].…”