Spectrally engineered photonic molecules as optical sensors with enhanced sensitivity: A proposal and numerical analysis

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1565-1573

  Boriskina, Svetlana V ^a  

^a V N KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERMITTIVITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

OPTICAL MICROCAVITIES; PHOTONIC MOLECULES;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 33750034614     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.001565     Document Type: Article

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