Coupling-induced high-sensitivity silicon microring intensity-based sensor

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1611-1615

  Yi, Huaxiang ^a   Citrin, David S ^b,c   Zhou, Zhiping ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESONATORS;

ANALYTES; CONVENTIONAL SENSORS; COUPLING COEFFICIENT; DETECTION LIMITS; HIGH-SENSITIVITY; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; INTENSITY SENSOR; INTENSITY-BASED SENSORS; MICRORING RESONATOR; MICRORINGS; OUTPUT INTENSITY; SENSING MECHANISM; VARIABLE COUPLING;

SENSORS;

EID: 79959959662     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.001611     Document Type: Article

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