Refractive index sensor based on a 1D photonic crystal in a microfluidic channel

Sensors

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 2348-2358

  Nunes, Pedro S ^a   Mortensen, Niels Asger ^a   Kutter, Jörg P ^a   Mogensen, Klaus B ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

1D Photonic crystal; Electrochromatography; Integrated waveguides; Refractive index sensor

Indexed keywords

1-D PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; DRY ETCHING PROCESS; ELECTROCHROMATOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; INTEGRATED WAVEGUIDES; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSOR; SILICON OXYNITRIDES;

FLUIDIC DEVICES; LITHOGRAPHY; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; REFRACTOMETERS; SILICON NITRIDE;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

ALCOHOL; SILICON DERIVATIVE; SILICON NITRIDE;

ARTICLE; INSTRUMENTATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ETHANOL; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LINEAR MODELS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77955490970     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s100302348     Document Type: Article

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