Microchannel-based refractive index sensors monolithically integrated with silica waveguides: Structures and sensitivities

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 457-464

  Dumais, Patrick ^a   Callender, Claire L ^a   Noad, Julian P ^a   Ledderhof, Christopher J ^a  

^a Industry Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Itegrated optics; Optical waveguide components; Transducers

Indexed keywords

BOROPHOSPHATE GLASS; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; MICROCHANNELS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; TRANSDUCERS;

FABRICATED DEVICES; ITEGRATED OPTICS; MICROCHANNEL GRATING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 44649098196     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2008.918204     Document Type: Article

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