Hybrid silicon-PDMS optofluidic ARROW waveguide

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1307-1309

  Testa, Genni ^a   Huang, Yujian ^b   Zeni, Luigi ^c   Sarro, Pasqualina M ^b   Bernini, Romeo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Università degli Studi di Napoli   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiresonant reflecting optical waveguide (ARROW); liquid waveguides; poly (dimethysiloxane) (PDMS)

Indexed keywords

ANTIRESONANT REFLECTING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; ARROW WAVEGUIDES; FABRICATION PROCESS; HOLLOW CORES; LIGHT DETECTION; LIQUID CORES; LIQUID WAVEGUIDES; LOW-LOSS LIQUIDS; OUT-OF-PLANE; OUTPUT TRANSMISSION; POLYDIMETHYSILOXANE; SILICON-BASED;

CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUIDS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SILICON WAFERS;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 84863463115     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2202645     Document Type: Article

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