Title : 
Demonstration of an environmental sensor based on an integrated optical whispering gallery mode resonator
         
        
            Author : 
Schweinsberg, A. ; Lepeshkin, N.N. ; Boyd, Robert W.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Inst. of Opt., Rochester Univ., NY, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We have designed and fabricated integrated optical whispering gallery mode disk resonators in silicon oxy-nitride. We demonstrate their potential as evanescent-field environmental sensors through tests using sucrose solutions and protein suspensions.
         
        
            Keywords : 
fibre optic sensors; integrated optics; molecular biophysics; optical resonators; proteins; silicon compounds; whispering gallery modes; SiON; evanescent-field environmental sensors; integrated optical whispering gallery mode resonator; optical disk resonators; protein suspensions; silicon oxy-nitride; sucrose solutions; Integrated optics; Optical design; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Proteins; Silicon; Sugar; Testing; Whispering gallery modes;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
1-55752-795-4
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201910