Design and Fabrication of Slotted Multimode Interference Devices for Chemical and Biological Sensing

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</svg>. (c) Top view of field distribution in a MMI device with no slot and (d) one slot. </table>

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Figure 2: Design and Fabrication of Slotted Multimode Interference Devices for Chemical and Biological Sensing 