We propose a highly sensitive chemical sensor by functionally coating a zeolite film on the external surface of an optical microsphere. Using the perturbation theory, a model is developed to calculate sensor sensitivity and analyze the impact of the zeolite film thickness. The quality factor and detection limit are also investigated by using an approximate model. Simulations show that a zeolite...

This paper presents important factors affecting the Usability of Academic web-sites. Well known academic sites have been evaluated for their usability. Usability is the most important quality factor a web-site should consist of. A broad, integrated, engineering-based approach has been used to evaluate the usability of the Web-sites. A small, controlled and well planned experiment is conducted i...

Based on first- and second-order perturbation theory, we present a numerical study of the temporal buildup and decay of unsteady acoustic fields and acoustic streaming flows actuated by vibrating walls in the transverse cross-sectional plane of a long straight microchannel under adiabatic conditions and assuming temperature-independent material parameters. The unsteady streaming flow is obtaine...

We analyze the contributions of quality factor, fill fraction, and group index of chip-integrated resonance microcavity devices, to the detection limit for bulk chemical sensing and the minimum detectable biomolecule concentration in biosensing. We analyze the contributions from analyte absorbance, as well as from temperature and spectral noise. Slow light in two-dimensional photonic crystals p...

Optical properties and sensing capabilities of fused silica microbubbles were studied numerically using a finite element method. Mode characteristics, such as quality factor (Q) and effective refractive index, were determined for different bubble diameters and shell thicknesses. For sensing applications with whispering gallery modes (WGMs), thinner shells yield improved sensitivity. However, th...

In this paper, we have proposed a tunable two dimensional (2D) photonic crystal (PhC) channel drop filter (CDF) using ring resonators with suitable quality factor (Q) and transmission efficiency; we investigate parameters which have an effect on resonant wavelength in this CDF, such as dielectric constant of inner, coupling, adjacent and whole rods of the structure. Dropping efficiency at the r...

This paper describes the author’s perspective on multimedia quality prediction methodologies for advanced mobile and IP-based telephony, and reports related experiments and trials. First the paper describes the need for perceptual QoS assessment in which various quality factors in advanced mobile and IP-based telephony are analyzed. Then an objective quality prediction scheme is proposed from t...

We demonstrate optomechanically mediated electromagnetically induced transparency and wavelength conversion in silicon nitride (Si3N4) microdisk resonators. Fabricated devices support whispering gallery optical modes with a quality factor (Q) of 10(6), and radial breathing mechanical modes with a Q=10(4) and a resonance frequency of 625 MHz, so that the system is in the resolved sideband regime...