Integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer based on ARROW structures for biosensor applications

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 151-158

  Prieto, F ^a   Sepulveda B ^a   Calle, A ^a   Llobera, A ^b   Dominguez C ^b   Lechuga, L M ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ARROW; Evanescent field sensors; Mach Zehnder interferometer; Silicon technology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; INTEGRATED OPTICS; INTERFEROMETRY; MICROELECTRONICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANTI-RESONANT REFLECTING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES (ARROW);

IMMUNOSENSORS;

EID: 0038587486     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(03)00257-0     Document Type: Article

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