Design of a silicon optical micro-ring resonator sensor of improved sensitivity and selectivity

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6897, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Lee, Hyun Shik ^a   O, B H ^a   Lee, S G ^a   Lee, El Hang ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bio photonic sensor; Micro ring resonator; Silicon photonics

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DETECTORS; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROELECTRONICS; NONMETALS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL DESIGN; RESONATORS; SENSORS; SEPARATION; SILICON; WAVEGUIDES;

(100) SILICON; (HI-BI) WAVEGUIDE; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; MICRORING RESONATOR (MRR); OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); OPTICAL BIO-SENSING; OPTO ELECTRONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (OEIC); OUTPUT INTENSITY;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 42249105560     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.769376     Document Type: Conference Paper

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