Enhanced evanescent confinement in multiple-slot waveguides and its application in biochemical sensing

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-57

  Sun, Haishan ^a   Chen, Antao ^a,b   Dalton, Larry R ^a,b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensors; Microoptics; Subwavelength structures; Waveguide devices

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ACTIVITY; BIOCHEMICAL SENSING; EVANESCENT FIELDS; MICRORING RESONATOR; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPTICAL CONFINEMENT; SENSITIVITY ENHANCEMENTS; SINGLE MODE WAVEGUIDES; SLOT WAVEGUIDE; SUBWAVELENGTH STRUCTURES; SURFACE SENSING; TARGET MOLECULE; WAVE-GUIDING; WAVEGUIDE DEVICES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

BIOSENSORS;

EID: 72049105380     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2009.2025602     Document Type: Article

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