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The excitation mechanism of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) in a surface plasmon sensor with a one-dimensional (1D) Au diffraction grating on a glass substrate is studied herein. The sensitivity of the sensor for application to a refractometer is also characterized. The SPPs are excited at the following two types of interface: one between the Au grating and the glass substrate and the other between the Au grating and the medium. The simulation data for the transmittance spectra and the transmittance mapping are consistent with the experimental data even when the refractive index of the solution medium is 1.700. Therefore, the excitation mechanism of the SPPs in a surface plasmon sensor is capable of detecting the medium (n = 1.700), in which the sensor is used and clarified.
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This work is supported by Grants in Aid for Scientific Research of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS, KAKENHI, Grant Nos. 26390082 and 15H03556).
We would like to thank Prof. Kazumasa Hiramatsu and Prof. Hideto Miyake in Mie University for useful discussions. We would also thank Editage (https://doi.org/www.editage.jp) for English language editing.
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Motogaito, A., Ito, Y. Excitation Mechanism of Surface Plasmon Polaritons for Surface Plasmon Sensor With 1D Metal Grating Structure for High Refractive Index Medium. Photonic Sens 9, 11–18 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13320-018-0515-8
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