Slow-light-enhanced on-chip 1D and 2D photonic crystal waveguide gas sensing in near-IR with an ultrahigh interaction factor

Zihang Peng; Yijun Huang; Kaiyuan Zheng; Chuantao Zheng; Mingquan Pi; Huan Zhao; Jialin Ji; Yuting Min; Lei Liang; Fang Song; Yu Zhang; Yiding Wang; Frank K. Tittel

doi:10.1364/PRJ.494762

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