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Microring resonator for glucose sensing applications

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Silicon nitride microring resonators were demonstrated as chemical sensors. The microring devices, with diameter of 100 μm, were fabricated using complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS)-compatible technology, and a high Q factor of 15000 was realized with free spectrum range (FSR) of 2 nm. The structures were further packaged to perform as chemical sensors, and their functionality was proved using deionized water (DI water) and ethanol as detecting mediums. Lastly, the packaged chips were used to detect glucose solutions with various concentrations, and a detection capability of refractive index change of 10−3 refractive index unit (RIU) was obtained.

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  1. Department of Electronic Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China

    Yao Chen, Zhengyu Li & Jun Yu

  2. Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China

    Yao Chen, Zhengyu Li, Huaxiang Yi & Zhiping Zhou

  3. State Key Laboratory on Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

    Zhiping Zhou

  4. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0250, USA

    Zhiping Zhou

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Chen, Y., Li, Z., Yi, H. et al. Microring resonator for glucose sensing applications. Front. Optoelectron. China 2, 304–307 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-009-0047-3

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