A method and a device for detecting object properties using
electro-optically modulated surface plasmon resonance (SPR) based on
phase detection is disclosed. In the case of a surface plasmon resonance
sensing device according to the present invention, the voltage is applied
on the sensing device made of an electro-optic material to modulate the
surface plasmon resonance condition by varying the wavevector of the
incident lightwave. The relation between the phase of output optical wave
and the applied voltage is measured, and the solution concentration or
the material property is obtained by using the slope of a regression
straight line of this relations. The invention can be used in the
experimental arrangements of the attenuated-total-reflection (ATR)
structure and the optical waveguide structure, and has advantages of high
sensitivity, high stability, small bulk, low equipment cost, etc.