Coupled optical microcavities: An enhanced refractometric sensing configuration

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 12538-12543

  Xiao, Yun Feng ^a   Gaddam, Venkat ^a   Yang, Lan ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROCAVITIES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; RESONANCE;

COUPLED MICROCAVITIES; ENHANCED SENSITIVITY; FANO RESONANCES; FIXED WAVELENGTH; OPTICAL MICROCAVITIES; OUTPUT TRANSMISSION; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSOR; REFRACTOMETRIC SENSING;

OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 50049131114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.012538     Document Type: Article

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