Optical Refractive Index Sensing Based on High-Q Bound States in the Continuum in Free-Space Coupled Photonic Crystal Slabs

High sensitivity (S) and high quality factor (Q) are desirable to achieve low detection limit in label-free optical sensors. In this paper, we theoretically demonstrate that single-layer and coupled bi-layer photonic crystal slabs (PCS) possess simultaneously high S and high Q near the bound states...

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Main Authors: Yonghao Liu, Weidong Zhou, Yuze Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-08-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/17/8/1861