Abstract
We investigated grating-coupled transmission-type surface plasmon resonance (SPR) for sensing applications. In the transmission-type SPR structure, propagating surface plasmons are outcoupled to radiation modes by dielectric and metallic gratings on a metal film. The results calculated in air and water suggest that the proposed structures present extremely linear sensing characteristics. In terms of a figure of merit, a metallic grating-based structure performs 5.4 and 3.7 times better than that of a dielectric grating in air and water, respectively.
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