Ultra-high sensitivity optical stress sensor based on double-layered photonic crystal microcavity

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1518-1526

  Lu, Tsan Wen ^a   Lee, Po Tsung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROCAVITIES; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; STRESS MEASUREMENT; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

ANTI-BONDING STATE; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; OPTICAL STRESS SENSORS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL MICROCAVITIES; PHOTONIC MOLECULES; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS; ULTRA-HIGH-SENSITIVITY;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 59749097900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.001518     Document Type: Article

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