Compact silicon-on-insulator dual-microring resonator optimized for sensing

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1535-1541

  Su, Baoqing ^a   Wang, Chunxia ^a   Kan, Qiang ^a   Chen, Hongda ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

Author keywords

Dual micoring; integrated optics; microring resonator; sensor

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL DESCRIPTION; BENDING RADIUS; BUS WAVEGUIDES; CRITICAL COUPLING CONDITION; DETECTION LIMITS; DUAL-MICORING; INNER RINGS; LOSS-LESS WAVEGUIDES; LOW PROPAGATION LOSS; MICRORING RESONATOR; OUTPUT SPECTRUM; Q-FACTORS; Q-VALUES; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSING; RESONANCE PEAK; RING RESONATOR; SENSING APPLICATIONS; SENSING AREAS; SENSOR DEVICE; SILICON ON INSULATOR; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; WEAK COUPLINGS;

INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT REFRACTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONICS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SENSORS; WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 79955632373     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2138678     Document Type: Article

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