Broad-band Mach-Zehnder interferometers as high performance refractive index sensors: Theory and monolithic implementation

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 8856-8870

  Misiakos, K ^a   Raptis, I ^a   Salapatas, A ^a   Makarona, E ^a   Botsialas, A ^a   Hoekman, M ^b   Stoffer, R ^c   Jobst, G ^d  

^a NCSR Demokritos   (Greece)

^b LIONIX BV   (Netherlands)

^c PhoeniX BV   (Netherlands)

^d JOBST TECHNOLOGIES GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SOURCES; NOISE ABATEMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON NITRIDE; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; WAVEGUIDES;

BROADBAND LIGHT SOURCES; ENHANCED SENSITIVITY; MACH ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETRY; PHOTONIC ENGINEERING; REFRACTIVE INDEX MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSOR; SILICON NITRIDE WAVEGUIDES; WIDE SPECTRAL RANGE;

REFRACTOMETERS;

EID: 84899026377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.008856     Document Type: Article

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