Dual waveguide coupled microring resonator sensor based on intensity detection

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-107

  Xia, Zhixuan ^a   Chen, Yao ^a   Zhou, Zhiping ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensity detection; Microresonator; Microring; Microring resonator; Optimization; Sensitivity analysis; Sensors

Indexed keywords

COUPLING COEFFICIENT; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; DESIGN GUIDELINES; DETECTION LIMITS; DEVICE SENSITIVITY; DUAL WAVEGUIDE; EFFECTIVE INDEX; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPLICIT EXPRESSIONS; INTENSITY DETECTION; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; MICRO RESONATORS; MICRORING RESONATOR; MICRORINGS; OPERATING WAVELENGTH; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SELF-COUPLINGS; TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS;

CHEMICAL DETECTION; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; WAVEGUIDES;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 55349093577     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2007.909519     Document Type: Article

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