Polymer microring resonators for biochemical sensing applications

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 134-142

  Chao, Chung Yen ^b   Fung, Wayne ^b   Guo, L Jay ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemical sensors; Biosensors; Integrated optics; Microresonator; Microring; Microring resonator; Nanoimprint; Polymers; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL SENSORS; MICRORESONATORS; MICRORING; MICRORING RESONATORS; NANOIMPRINT;

BIOSENSORS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 32944466574     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2005.862945     Document Type: Article

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