Review of design principles of 2D photonic crystal microcavity biosensors in silicon and their applications

Swapnajit CHAKRAVARTY; Xiangning CHEN; Naimei TANG; Wei-Cheng LAI; Yi ZOU; Hai YAN; Ray T. CHEN

doi:10.1007/s12200-016-0631-2

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