Abstract
A compact and highly sensitive liquid refractive index (RI) sensor using Vernier effect achieved with embedded double-ring resonator is proposed and demonstrated. Unlike these conventional sensors using cascaded double-ring resonators to achieve Vernier effect, in our proposed embedded double-ring sensor (EDRS) the sensing ring is embedded on the reference ring, which makes the sensor more compact while achieving high sensitivity. Our typical fabricated EDRS with polymer material, which has a footprint of 1500 μm × 850 μm, achieves the RI sensitivity as high as 7390 nm/RIU in aqueous medium, which is in excellent agreement with the theoretical one.
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