• DocumentCode
    520749
  • 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
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500343
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=520749