Sensitivity enhancement in optical micro-tube resonator sensors via mode coupling
Optics
2015-06-12 v1
Abstract
A liquid filled, low refractive index material inner-coated silica micro-tube has been proposed and studied as a coupled micro-resonator sensor to greatly enhance biochemical sensor sensitivity. Its unique coupling phenomenon has been analyzed and utilized to boost the refractive index sensitivity of the device to 967nm/RIU. Through optimization of the coupling strength between the two microresonators, further improvement in refractive index sensitivity up to 1100nm/RIU has been achieved. This mode coupling strategy allows us to design robust, thick-walled micro-tube sensors with ultra-high sensitivity which is useful in practical biochemical sensing applications.
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@article{arxiv.1212.3851,
title = {Sensitivity enhancement in optical micro-tube resonator sensors via mode coupling},
author = {Tao Ling and L. Jay Guo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.3851},
year = {2015}
}
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10 pages, 5 figures