A fluid sensor based on a sub-terahertz photonic crystal waveguide

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6480, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Hasek, T ^a   Kurt, H ^b,c   Citrin, D S ^a,b   Koch, M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Fluid sensor; Fluidics; Photonic crystal waveguide; Subterahertz

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FLUIDICS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PHOTONIC BAND GAP; POLYETHYLENES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

FLUID SENSORS; FREQUENCY RANGE; HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE BLOCKS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDES;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 34248992922     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.708481     Document Type: Conference Paper

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