Design, fabrication and characterization of whispering-gallery mode miniature sensors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5592, Issue , 2005, Pages 373-381

  Quan, Haiyong ^a   Guo, Zhixiong ^a   Xu, Lei ^a   Pau, Stanley ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Measurement; Micro nano structures; Nanofabrication; Optical lithography; Optical resonance; Sensors; Simulation; Waveguide; Whispering gallery mode

Indexed keywords

MICRO/NANOSTRUCTURES; MICROCAVITY; OPTICAL RESONANCE; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

CAVITY RESONATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; FABRICATION; MEASUREMENTS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; WAVEGUIDES;

BIOSENSORS;

EID: 16644372510     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.571303     Document Type: Conference Paper

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