Simulation and optimization of polymer-coated microsphere resonators in chemical vapor sensing

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 28, 2011, Pages 5465-5472

  Lin, Nai ^a   Jiang, Lan ^a   Wang, Sumei ^a   Chen, Qianghua ^a   Xiao, Hai ^b   Lu, Yongfeng ^c   Tsai, Hailung ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; MICROSPHERES; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYMERS; RESONATORS;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DETECTION; CHEMICAL VAPOR SENSORS; MICROSPHERE RESONATORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES; REFRACTIVE INDEX UNITS; SENSING PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION; THEORETICAL SIMULATION;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 80053397275     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.005465     Document Type: Article

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