Visible light emitting Si-rich Si 3N 4 μ-disk resonators for sensoristic applications

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 169-174

  Ferrarese Lupi, Federico ^a   Navarro Urrios, Daniel ^a   Rubio Garcia, Javier ^b   Monserrat, Josep ^c   Dominguez, Carlos ^c   Pellegrino, Paolo ^a   Garrido, Blas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CATALONIA INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH IREC   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active sensor; cavity resonators; microcavity; microdisk; optical losses; optical sensors; photoluminescence (PL); whispering gallery mode (WGM)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MATERIAL; ACTIVE SENSOR; BUILDING BLOCKES; CMOS COMPATIBLE; COUPLED WAVEGUIDES; DETECTION LIMITS; DETECTION SYSTEM; DISK RESONATOR; EFFECTIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; HIGH POTENTIAL; HIGH QUALITY FACTORS; INTEGRATED SENSORS; MICRODISKS; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; OPTICAL MODES; PHOTONIC SYSTEMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES; STRUCTURE-BASED; SURROUNDING MATERIALS; VISIBLE LIGHT; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

CAVITY RESONATORS; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; MICROCAVITIES; OPTICAL LOSSES; OPTICAL SENSORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SENSORS; WAVEGUIDES;

SILICON;

EID: 84856305333     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2179286     Document Type: Article

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