Triangular Ring Sensor with Long Evanescent Field on the Total Internal Reflection Mirror

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A novel biosensor based on a triangular resonator with a long evanescent field on a total internal reflection (TIR) mirror is proposed, and its sensing properties are analyzed for the first time. The sensing properties of the triangular ring resonator are found to be useful in realizing biological and chemical sensors, when the TIR mirror with a sharp incident angle increases the evanescent field owing to the Goos-Hanchen shift. For transverse electric polarized light, an extinction ratio of 16 dB is achieved by changing the refractive index of 1 x 10(-5) in the outer region of the TIR mirror block. Then, an extinction ratio of 28 dB and a resonance shift of 160 pm are observed by changing the refractive index of 1 x 10(-5) for transverse magnetic polarization. (C) 2009 The Japan Society of Applied Physics DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.48.072401

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