Conference
Silicon Microphotonic Waveguides for Biological Sensing
Abstract
The advantages of the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) waveguide platform are examined for evanescent field (EF) based biological sensing. It is suggested that the high index contrast (HIC) inherent to SOI waveguides allows sensors fabricated in this material to demonstrate improved sensitivity over that of all other common planar waveguide platforms for the probing of thin biological layers.
Authors
Densmore A; Xu DX; Waldron P; Janz S; Delâge A; Cheben P
Pagination
pp. 15-18
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Publication Date
October 1, 2006
DOI
10.1109/metamat.2006.334984
Name of conference
2006 International Symposium on Biophotonics, Nanophotonics and Metamaterials