Title :
Microfluidic terahertz sensor based on an array of parallel-plate resonators
Author :
Neshasteh, Hamidreza ; Mataji-Kojouri, Amideddin ; Soltani, Amin ; Shahabadi, Mahmoud
Author_Institution :
Photonics Res. Lab., Univ. of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
An integrated array of parallel-plate resonators for microfluidic sensing is proposed. The numerical method used for the analysis of this array and the related design procedure are described. It is demonstrated that the array can be designed to show a high quality factor. Moreover, sensitivity of the proposed sensor is higher than 200 GHz/RIU for a wide range of refractive indices. The proposed sensor lends itself to real-time flow monitoring applications where high sensitivity is required.
Keywords :
flow measurement; flow sensors; microfluidics; microsensors; microwave resonators; numerical analysis; refractive index; sensor arrays; terahertz wave detectors; integrated parallel-plate resonator array; microfluidic sensing; microfluidic terahertz sensor; numerical method; quality factor; real-time flow monitoring applications; refractive index; Monitoring; Microfluidic sensing; flow monitoring; parallel-plate resonator; refractive index sensor; resonator array; terahertz sensor;
Conference_Titel :
Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Technologies (MMWATT), 2014 Third Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6590-8
DOI :
10.1109/MMWaTT.2014.7057211
