Sensor properties of planar waveguide structures with grating couplers

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 168-178

  Karasinski P ^a  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Berreman matrix; Grating coupler; Planar sensor; Sol gel

Indexed keywords

SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; WAVEGUIDES;

BERREMAN MATRIX; COUPLING CHARACTERISTIC; DETECTION THRESHOLD; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; FULL WIDTHS AT HALF MAXIMUMS; GRATING COUPLERS; PLANAR SENSORS; PLANAR WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURES;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 34547262937     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11772-007-0018-4     Document Type: Article

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