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Photonics Research, Volume. 11, Issue 10, 1647(2023)

Slow-light-enhanced on-chip 1D and 2D photonic crystal waveguide gas sensing in near-IR with an ultrahigh interaction factor

Zihang Peng1, Yijun Huang1, Kaiyuan Zheng2, Chuantao Zheng1、*, Mingquan Pi1, Huan Zhao1, Jialin Ji1, Yuting Min1, Lei Liang3, Fang Song1, Yu Zhang1, Yiding Wang1, and Frank K. Tittel4
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
  • 2Department of Electrical Engineering and Photonics Research Institute, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong 518060, China
  • 3State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
  • 4Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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    Zihang Peng, Yijun Huang, Kaiyuan Zheng, Chuantao Zheng, Mingquan Pi, Huan Zhao, Jialin Ji, Yuting Min, Lei Liang, Fang Song, Yu Zhang, Yiding Wang, Frank K. Tittel. Slow-light-enhanced on-chip 1D and 2D photonic crystal waveguide gas sensing in near-IR with an ultrahigh interaction factor[J]. Photonics Research, 2023, 11(10): 1647

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    Category: Instrumentation and Measurements

    Received: May. 5, 2023

    Accepted: Jul. 26, 2023

    Published Online: Sep. 20, 2023

    The Author Email: Chuantao Zheng (zhengchuantao@jlu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.494762

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