Research Article

Design and Bulk Sensitivity Analysis of a Silicon Nitride Photonic Biosensor for Cancer Cell Detection

Table 3

Analysis of bulk sensitivity of the rib-slot waveguide with 400 nm analyte thickness.

RIEffective indexEffective area400 nm bulk sensitivity
1.351.4691331.530030.2574 (RIU/RIU)
1.391.4792981.47212
1.3921.4798321.46935
1.3951.4806361.46522
1.3991.4817171.45975
1.4011.4822611.45703