Hafnium dioxide as a dielectric for highly-sensitive waveguide-coupled surface plasmon resonance sensors

Hafnium dioxide has been recognized as an excellent dielectric for microelectronics. However, its usefulness for the surface plasmon based sensors has not yet been tested. Here we investigate its usefulness for waveguide-coupled bi-metallic surface plasmon resonance sensors. Several Ag/HfO2/Au multi...

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Main Authors: Kunal Tiwari, Suresh C. Sharma, Nader Hozhabri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2016-04-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4948454