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Sensors 2010, 10, 8751-8760; doi:10.3390/s100908751 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Characteristics of Metal Enhanced Evanescent-Wave Microcavities Takashi Wakamatsu Department of Electrical and Electronic System Engineering, Ibaraki National College of Technology, 866 Nakane, Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, Japan; E-Mail: wakamatu@ee.ibaraki-ct.ac.jp Received: 27 July 2010; in revised form: 9 September 2010 / Accepted: 10 September 2010 / Published: 21 September 2010 Abstract: This article presents the concept of storing optical energy using a metallic air gap micr