Highly compact refractive index sensor based on stripe waveguides for lab-on-a-chip sensing applications

Perera, Chamanei, Vernon, Kristy, Cheng, Elliot, Sathian, Juna, Jaatinen, Esa and Davis, Timothy (2016) Highly compact refractive index sensor based on stripe waveguides for lab-on-a-chip sensing applications. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 7. pp. 751-757. ISSN 2190-4286

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Abstract

In this paper we report the design and experimental realisation of a novel refractive index sensor based on coupling between three nanoscale stripe waveguides. The sensor is highly compact and designed to operate at a single wavelength. We demonstrate that the sensor exhibits linear response with a resolution of 6 × 10−4 RIU (refractive index unit) for a change in relative output intensity of 1%. Authors expect that the outcome of this paper will prove beneficial in highly compact, label-free and highly sensitive refractive index analysis.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: interferometer; sensing; surface plasmons; waveguides
Subjects: F200 Materials Science
F300 Physics
Department: Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering
Depositing User: Elena Carlaw
Date Deposited: 30 Jul 2019 10:07
Last Modified: 01 Aug 2021 11:02
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/40207

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