Title :
Silicon nitride coupled-resonator optical-waveguide-based biosensors using visible-light-scattering pattern recognition
Author :
Jiawei Wang ; Poon, Andrew W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Hong Kong, China
Abstract :
We demonstrate silicon nitride coupled-resonator optical-waveguide-based biosensors using visible-light-scattering pattern recognition with pixelized mode-field-intensity distributions. Our 16-microring sensor reveals 14 eigenstates. Our algorithm suggests an average sensitivity of ~ 372 RIU-1.
Keywords :
biosensors; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; light scattering; micro-optomechanical devices; microsensors; optical resonators; optical sensors; optical waveguides; pattern recognition; silicon compounds; SiN; eigenstates; microring sensor; pixelized mode-field-intensity distributions; silicon nitride coupled-resonator optical-waveguide-based biosensors; visible-light-scattering pattern recognition; Biosensors; Libraries; Optical buffering; Optical imaging; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Pattern recognition;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA