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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
Detection of glucose in water solution for several different concentrations has been performed with the purpose to determine the sensitivity of Near Infrared Bloch Surface Waves (λ = 1.55μm) upon refractive index variations of the outer medium. TE-polarized electromagnetic surface waves are excited by a prism on a silicon nitride multilayer, according to the Kretschmann configuration. The real-time reflectance changes induced by discrete variations in glucose concentration has been revealed and analyzed. Without using any particular averaging strategy during the measurements, we pushed the device detection limit down to a glucose concentration of 2.5mg/dL, corresponding to a minimum detectable refractive index variation of the water solution as low as 3.8·10^−6.
Publisher: 
Optical Society of America
Publication date: 
12 Apr 2010
Authors: 

Fabrizio Giorgis, Emiliano Descrovi, Caterina Summonte, Lorenzo Dominici, Francesco Michelotti

Biblio References: 
Volume: 18 Issue: 8 Pages: 8087-8093
Origin: 
Optics Express