Vertical silicon nanowire-based racetrack resonator optical sensor

<p>We propose a highly sensitive optical sensor which is built from silicon nanowires. The silicon nanowires are arranged to form a ring resonator. The silicon nanowires cladding and voids are filled with the analyte. The sensor has a small footprint of 16 μm × 16.5 μm. The insertion loss of t...

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Main Author: S. M. Sherif (14150466) (author)
Other Authors: M. Y. Elsayed (14150469) (author), L. A. Shahada (14150472) (author), M. A. Swillam (14150475) (author)
Published: 2019
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Summary:<p>We propose a highly sensitive optical sensor which is built from silicon nanowires. The silicon nanowires are arranged to form a ring resonator. The silicon nanowires cladding and voids are filled with the analyte. The sensor has a small footprint of 16 μm × 16.5 μm. The insertion loss of the sensor is only 0.4 dB, while it is characterized by its high sensitivity of 430 nm/RIU. As a biosensor, our device showed a 100 nm/RIU sensitivity when a thin biolayer of 10 nm thickness is attached to the silicon nanowire structures.</p><h2>Other Information</h2> <p> Published in: Applied Physics A<br> License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00339-019-2942-9" target="_blank">http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00339-019-2942-9</a></p>