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. 2015 Feb 26;15(3):4796–4809. doi: 10.3390/s150304796

Table 1.

Parameters used in the optimization study. BPSG, borophosphosilicate glass.

Parameter Value Description
R 24 µm resonator radius
λ ∼1540 nm resonance wavelength
nwater 1.32 water refractive index (real part)
kwater 1 × 10−4 water refractive index (imaginary part) [18,31]
nSiN 1.99 SiNx refractive index (real part)
kSiN 5 × 10−5 SiNx refractive index (imaginary part) [17,31]
nBPSG 1.46 BPSG refractive index (real part)
kBPSG 0 BPSG refractive index (imaginary part)
tV 5 nm auxiliary layer thickness (for σ)