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. 2018 Aug 22;18(9):2757. doi: 10.3390/s18092757

Table 1.

The performance evaluation parameters for SPR excited by Kretschmann configuration, LRSPP excited through evanescent wave coupling and LRSPP excited by interferometric mode.

Structure Parameters n1, d1, d2 (in nm) Dynamic Range (D) n0sinθ0 at Lower D Limit n0sinθ0 at Upper D Limit Sensitivity (S) FWHM at
|rp|2 = 0
n0sinθ0 Where the FWHM Calculated FoM Shown in Figure
Kretschmann Configuration
1.5200, 0, 48 1.3400–1.3983 1.4510 1.5137 1.0757 0.0469 1.3400 22.9344 8a
LRSPP excited by evanescent wave coupling
1.3400, 930, 20 1.3400–1.3660 1.3538 1.3697 0.6127 0.0022 1.3400 273.6243 8b
1.3400, 660, 30 1.3400–1.3885 1.3685 1.3960 0.5680 0.0056 1.3400 101.8497 -
1.3400, 510, 40 1.3400–1.4191 1.3849 1.4247 0.5030 0.0108 1.3400 46.4032 8c
1.3400, 420, 50 1.3400–1.4485 1.4010 1.4485 0.4380 0.0176 1.3400 24.9548 -
1.3400, 360, 60 1.3400–1.4500 1.4155 1.4516 0.3276 0.0254 1.3400 12.9010 8d
1.3400, 310, 70 1.3400–1.4500 1.4284 1.4573 0.2621 0.0371 1.3400 7.0632 -
LRSPP excited by interferometric mode
1.3616, 500, 20 1.3955–1.4157 1.3971 1.4151 0.8927 0.0165 1.4092 54.1772 9a
1.3616, 1000, 20 1.3400–1.3778 1.3655 1.3858 0.5374 0.0024 1.3709 223.4523 9a
1.3616, 1500, 20 1.3400–1.3404 1.3665 1.3667 0.4198 0.0011 1.3665 373.7145 9a
1.3616, 500, 30 1.3400–1.4439 1.3783 1.4439 0.6315 0.0072 1.4207 87.5131 9b
1.3900, 500, 20 1.4218–1.4477 1.4249 1.4474 0.8673 0.0122 1.4412 71.0818 9c
1.3900, 1000, 20 1.3400–1.4029 1.3829 1.4133 0.4836 0.0026 1.3984 182.3115 9c
1.3900, 1500, 20 1.3400–1.3652 1.3860 1.3947 0.3456 0.0026 1.3872 132.2752 9c
1.3900, 2000, 20 1.3400–1.3512 1.3873 1.3901 0.2490 0.0018 1.3873 138.0813 9c
1.3900, 2500, 20 1.3400–1.3454 1.3881 1.3891 0.1840 0.0012 1.3881 154.6768 9c
1.3900, 3000, 20 1.3400–1.3425 1.3885 1.3889 0.1391 0.0008 1.3885 170.0563 9c
1.3900, 3500, 20 1.3400–1.3408 1.3888 1.3889 0.1073 0.0006 1.3888 185.0506 9c
1.3900, 4000, 20 1.3400–1.3397 1.3890 1.3890 0.0840 0.0004 1.3890 199.8070 9c
1.3900, 500, 30 1.3400–1.4500 1.3921 1.4570 0.5903 0.0077 1.4479 76.5967 9d
1.3900, 1000, 30 1.3400–1.3477 1.3960 1.4001 0.5388 0.0042 1.3960 127.6527 9d
1.3900, 500, 40 1.3400–1.4500 1.4093 1.4726 0.5754 0.0137 1.4170 42.0868 -
1.3900, 500, 48 1.3400–1.4067 1.4214 1.4655 0.6605 0.0138 1.4214 48.0453 -