Title :
Photonic crystal microring resonator based sensors
Author :
Lo, Stanley M. ; Hu, Song ; Weiss, S.M. ; Fauchet, Philippe M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA
Abstract :
Experimental studies on the chemical detection sensitivity of high surface area photonic crystal microring resonators are presented. We report a detection sensitivity of ~170nm/RIU for slow-light resonance modes close to the band edge.
Keywords :
chemical sensors; micro-optics; optical resonators; optical sensors; photonic crystals; sensitivity; band edge; chemical detection sensitivity; high surface area photonic crystal microring resonators; photonic crystal microring resonator based sensors; slow-light resonance modes; Indexes; Optical resonators; Optoelectronic and photonic sensors; Photonic crystals; Refractive index; Sensitivity;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
