The realization of an integrated Mach-Zehnder waveguide immunosensor in silicon technology

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 40, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 147-153

  Schipper, Eddy F ^a   Brugman, Antoinette M ^a   Dominguez, Carlos ^b   Lechuga, Laura M ^c   Kooyman, Rob P H ^a   Greve, Jan ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Channel waveguides; Evanescent waves; Immunosensors; Mach Zehnder principle

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON NITRIDE;

EVANESCENT WAVES; INTEGRATED MACH ZEHNDER WAVEGUIDE IMMUNOSENSOR IN SILICON TECHNOLOGY;

IMMUNOSENSORS;

EID: 0031144532     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(97)80254-7     Document Type: Article

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