DocumentCode
3203548
Title
Ultra-highly sensitive digital optical sensor based on cascaded Si-nanowire rings
Author
Hu, Jing ; Dai, Daoxin
Author_Institution
State Key Lab. for Modern Opt. Instrum., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
fYear
2010
fDate
1-3 Sept. 2010
Firstpage
183
Lastpage
185
Abstract
Digital double-ring sensor based on silicon nanowires is demonstrated experimentally for the first time. An ultrahigh sensitivity δλ/δn up to 1.46 × 105 nm/RIU is achieved. And the detection limit is close to 2 × 10-6.
Keywords
elemental semiconductors; high-speed optical techniques; nanowires; optical sensors; silicon; Si; cascaded silicon-nanowire rings; detection limit; ultrahighly sensitive digital optical sensor; Biomedical optical imaging; Nanowires; Optical planar waveguides; Optical sensors; Sensitivity; Silicon;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2010 7th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Beijing
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-6344-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/GROUP4.2010.5643387
Filename
5643387
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