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. 2014 Mar 3;5(4):1050–1061. doi: 10.1364/BOE.5.001050

Table 1. Sensitivity and loss data.

System Psample
(μW)
Sensitivity
shot noise
limited
(dB)
Sensitivity
measured
(dB)
spectrometer
+
scanner loss
(dB)
chip
losses
(dB)
sensitivity
degradation
from other
noise sources
(dB)
fiber-based 2500 111 94 7 - 10
fiber-based 100 97 73 7 - 17
with integrated interferometer 100 97 65 7 7.5 17.5