• DocumentCode
    3127719
  • Title

    A highly sensitive index sensor based on attenuated total reflection inside a cavity

  • Author

    Sun, Guilin ; Kirk, Andrew G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que.
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    Oct. 2006
  • Firstpage
    356
  • Lastpage
    357
  • Abstract
    A novel refractive index sensor with a sensitivity of (1.2~141)times105 and resolution of 10-8 RIU is presented. It is based on attenuated total reflection of a prism (without a metal film) inside a Fabry-Perot cavity
  • Keywords
    Fabry-Perot resonators; attenuated total reflection; cavity resonators; optical prisms; optical sensors; refractive index measurement; Fabry-Perot cavity; attenuated total reflection; prism; refractive index sensor; Chemical sensors; Fabry-Perot; Kirk field collapse effect; Mirrors; Monitoring; Optical films; Optical reflection; Reflectivity; Refractive index; Sun;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Montreal, Que.
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9555-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0-7803-9555-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2006.279129
  • Filename
    4054204