An embedded optical nanowire loop resonator refractometric sensor

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1062-1067

  Xu, Fei ^a   Pruneri, Valerio ^b,c   Finazzi, Vittoria ^b   Brambilla, Gilberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATING TECHNIQUES; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL SENSORS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

NANOWIRE DIAMETER; REFRACTOMETRIC SENSOR;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 38549130772     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.001062     Document Type: Article

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