1. Silicon photonic wire evanescent field sensors: From sensor to biochip array
- Author
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W. Sinclair, Martin Vachon, Dan-Xia Xu, Rubin Ma, Boris Lamontagne, T. Mischki, Y. Li, E. Post, Jean Lapointe, Jens H. Schmid, Siegfried Janz, Pavel Cheben, Adam Densmore, G. Lopinski, and Andre Delage
- Subjects
Silicon photonics ,Materials science ,Silicon ,business.industry ,Physics::Optics ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Optical ring resonators ,Waveguide (optics) ,law.invention ,Resonator ,Optics ,chemistry ,Sensor array ,law ,Astronomical interferometer ,Optoelectronics ,Biochip ,business - Abstract
Silicon photonic wire waveguides have a remarkably high response to surface molecular binding. Evanescent field waveguide sensors based on silicon can be interrogated using Mach-Zehnder interferometers, ring resonators, or by probing surface gratings in a reflection geometry. This paper compares these approaches from a theoretical viewpoint and through recent experimental results, with the goal of defining a path from our existing individual sensors to practical biosensor array chips.
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- 2009