Title :
Highly-sensitive optical sensor using two cascaded-microring resonators with Vernier effect
Author :
Jin, Lei ; Li, Mingyu ; He, Jian-Jun
Author_Institution :
Center for Integrated Optoelectronics, State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, 310027
Abstract :
A highly-sensitive optical sensor comprising of two cascaded microring resonators with Vernier effect is investigated theoretically. It is shown that a refractive index change in the order of 10−7 RIU can be measured from the relative intensities of two adjacent modes.
Keywords :
Biomedical optical imaging; Optical interferometry; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Resonance;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2009 Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai, China
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-877-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-877-3
