Accurate determination of the quality factor and tunneling distance of axisymmetric resonators for biosensing applications

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 8724-8735

  Cheema, M Imran ^a   Kirk, Andrew G ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROCAVITIES; OPTIMIZATION;

AXISYMMETRIC RESONATORS; BIOSENSING APPLICATIONS; CAVITY RING DOWN SPECTROSCOPIES; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; MAXIMUM SENSITIVITY; OPTICAL MICROCAVITIES; OPTIMIZED GEOMETRIES; SENSING APPLICATIONS;

RESONATORS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MINIATURIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84875973215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.008724     Document Type: Article

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