modeling of slot waveguide sensors based on polymeric materials建模槽波导传感器基于高分子材料.pdfVIP

Sensors 2011, 11, 7327-7340; doi:10.3390/s110807327 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Modeling of Slot Waveguide Sensors Based on Polymeric Materials Paolo Bettotti 1,*, Alessandro Pitanti 1,2, Eveline Rigo 1,3, Francesco De Leonardis 4, 5 1 Vittorio M. N. Passaro and Lorenzo Pavesi 1 Nanoscience Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Trento, via Sommarive 14, 38123 Povo, Italy; E-Mails: alessandro.pitanti@sns.it (A.P.); rigo@science.unitn.it (E.R.); pavesi@science.unitn.it (L.P.) 2 NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR, piazza San Silvestro 12, 56127 Pisa, Italy 3 Department of Physics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via Campi 213/A, 41100 Modena, Italy 4 Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Ambiente e per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile, Politecnico di Bari, Viale del Turismo 8, 74100 Taranto, Italy; E-Mail: f.deleonardis@poliba.it 5 Dipartimento di Elettrotecnica ed Elettronica, Politecnico di Bari, Via E. Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy; E-Mail: passaro@deemail.poliba.it * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: bettotti@science.unitn.it; Tel.: +39-0461-283-172, Fax: +39-0461-282-967. Received: 23 June 2011; in revised form: 13 July 2011 / Accepted: 15 July 2011 / Published: 25 July 2011 Abstract: Slot waveguides are very promising for optical sensing applications because of their peculiar spatial mode profile. In this paper we have carried out a detailed analysis of mode confinemen