Refractive index gas sensing in a hollow photonic crystal cavity

2010 12th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Jagerska J ^a   Le Thomas, N ^a   Zhang, H ^a   Diao, Z ^a   Houdre R ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Air slot waveguide; Photonic crystals; Refractive index sensing

Indexed keywords

AIR SLOT; CRYSTAL NANOCAVITIES; DETECTION LIMITS; GAS SENSING; HIGH QUALITY FACTORS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; HOLLOW CORES; OPTICALLY ACTIVE; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL CAVITIES; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSING; REFRACTIVE INDEX UNITS; RESONANT MODE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SLOT WAVEGUIDE; STRONG INTERACTION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; LIGHT REFRACTION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; TRANSPARENT OPTICAL NETWORKS; WAVEGUIDES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 77957284247     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTON.2010.5549037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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