Abstract
Metal-film losses intrinsically limit the sensitivity of surface plasmon sensors. Interferometric and multiplexed systems can replace thermal noise limits with shot noise ones and fine-tune optimal operating conditions but cannot overcome this limit.
© 2008 Optical Society of America
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