Silicon Nitride Bimodal Waveguides for High Sensitivity Biosensors
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چکیده
The fundamental properties of a bimodal waveguide interferometer were studied to evaluate its suitability for high sensitive biosensing applications. KeywordsBimodal waveguide, biosensors,, integrated optics, multimode waveguides, optical waveguides
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