Design of simultaneous high-Q and high-sensitivity photonic crystal refractive index sensors

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2027-2031

  Yang, Daquan ^a,b   Tian, Huiping ^b,c   Ji, Yuefeng ^b   Quan, Qimin ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICS;

BIOCHEMICAL SENSING; HIGH-SENSITIVITY; MULTIBEAMS; OPTIMAL GEOMETRY; QUALITY FACTORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSOR; REFRACTIVE INDEX UNITS; TELECOM WAVELENGTHS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 84883013398     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.30.002027     Document Type: Article

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