Highly sensitive sensor based on an ultra-high-Q Mach-Zehnder interferometer-coupled microring

A high-Q Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI)-coupled microring is presented for optical sensing with high sensitivity and a large measurement range. By optimizing the length difference, between the t ...

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