The Influence of Beam Polarization Degree on SPR Phase Sensor

Abstract:

The influence of incident beams polarization degree on the SPR phase sensor is theoretically and experimentally studied in this paper. The results indicate that the decrease of the polarization degree will lead to the phase difference curves jump decrease near the resonance angle for the ellipsometry method. Besides, the lower the polarization degree, the smaller the jump, which can also lead to reduced sensitivity of the SPR phase sensor. For example, the sensitivity with the polarization degree of 0.9 is 90% that of the polarization degree of 1.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 706-708)
• Pages: 1059-1062
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.706-708.1059
• Online since: June 2013
• Authors: Ying Ying Zhang, Shu Long Gu, Lin Zhou
• Keywords: Polarization Degree, SPR Sensor, Surface Plasmon Resonance

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