Title :
Terahertz microfluidic sensor based on a parallel-plate waveguide resonant cavity
Author :
Mendis, Rajind ; Astley, Victoria ; Liu, Jingbo ; Mittleman, Daniel M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
Abstract :
We fabricate a terahertz resonator suitable for microfluidic sensing by machining a groove into one plate of a parallel-plate-waveguide. We demonstrate a refractive-index sensitivity of 3.7×105 nm/refractive-index-unit, the highest ever reported in any frequency range.
Keywords :
Electromagnetic waveguides; Geometry; Laser beams; Microfluidics; Monitoring; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Resonance;
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
