Cascaded-ring optical sensor with enhanced sensitivity by using suspended Si-nanowires

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 842-844

  Hu, Jing ^a   Dai, Daoxin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cascaded; nanowire; ring; Si; suspended; Vernier

Indexed keywords

CASCADED; DETECTION LIMITS; ENHANCED SENSITIVITY; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; RING; SI NANOWIRE; SUSPENDED; ULTRAHIGH SENSITIVITY; VERNIER; VERNIER EFFECT; WET-ETCHING PROCESS;

NANOWIRES; OPTICAL SENSORS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

SILICON;

EID: 79958060967     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2136430     Document Type: Article

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