Effect of asymmetrical nanostructures on detecting the optical rotational properties of large biofilament structures

@inproceedings{Liu2013EffectOA,
  title={Effect of asymmetrical nanostructures on detecting the optical rotational properties of large biofilament structures},
  author={Yan Jun Liu and S. Wu and David Popp and Eunice Sok Ping Leong and Yew Li Hor and W. K. Phua and Kok Lang Mok and Jinghua Teng and R. Robinson and E. P. Li and Eng Huat Khoo},
  booktitle={Optics \& Photonics - NanoScience + Engineering},
  year={2013},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:120950285}
}
In this paper, the effect of tapered asymmetrical gammadion on the optical rotational properties and sensitivity detection of biomolecular structures is presented. The asymmetrical structure is made up of gold material on a glass structure and immersed in water. The chirality of the un-rotated array is first determined by measuring the circular dichroism (CD) spectrum. Three modes, arising from Bloch periodic theory and surface resonance mode are observed. Then each asymmetrical gammadion… 
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