A GaAs/AlGaAs-based refractometer platform for integrated optical sensing applications

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 39, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 324-329

  Maisenhölder, Bernd ^a   Zappe, Hans P ^a   Kunz, Rino E ^a   Riel, Peter ^a   Moser, Michael ^a   Edlinger, Johannes ^b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Balzers AG   (Liechtenstein)

Author keywords

Evanescent wave interferometers; Gallium arsenide; Immunosensors; Integrated optics; Optical sensors

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSENSORS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

EVANESCENT WAVE SENSORS; INTEGRATED OPTICAL SENSORS;

REFRACTOMETERS;

EID: 0031084340     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(97)80227-4     Document Type: Article

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