Design and analysis of silicon antiresonant reflecting optical waveguides for evanscent field sensor

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 966-972

  Prieto, Francisco ^a   Llobera, Andreu ^b   Jiménez, David ^c   Doménguez, Carlos ^b   Calle, Ana ^a   Lechuga, Laura M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL SENSORS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; TRANSDUCERS;

ANTIRESONANT REFLECTING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES (ARROW); EVANESCENT WAVE SENSORS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0034227566     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.850742     Document Type: Article

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