Title :
Experimental investigation of waveguide sensor based on cascaded-microring resonators with vernier effect
Author :
Jin, Lei ; Li, Mingyu ; He, Jian-Jun
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Modern Opt. Instrum., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
Abstract :
An optical sensor based on two cascaded microring resonators is fabricated in silicon-on-insulator waveguide. A Q-factor of 2×104 is measured and the increase of refractive index sensitivity by using Vernier effect is investigated experimentally.
Keywords :
Biomedical optical imaging; Biosensors; Optical interferometry; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
