OPTIMIZING SOI SLOT WAVEGUIDE FABRICATION TOLERANCES AND STRIP-SLOT COUPLING FOR VERY EFFICIENT OPTICAL SENSING

Optimizing SOI Slot Waveguide Fabrication Tolerances and Strip-Slot Coupling for Very Efficient Optical Sensing

Slot waveguides are becoming more and more attractive optical components, especially for chemical and bio-chemical sensing.In this paper an accurate analysis of slot waveguide fabrication tolerances is carried out, in order to find optimum design criteria for either homogeneous or absorption sensing mechanisms, in cases of low and high aspect ratio

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Pollination, Crop Productivity, and Arthropod and Bird Communities Are Marginally Impacted by Border Vegetation in Highbush Blueberry Production

Herbaceous flowering or woody plant borders adjacent to highbush blueberry (Vaccinium CURL SPRAY corymbosum) fields have the potential to benefit both native pollinators and species of predatory and parasitic arthropods and birds that feed on key highbush blueberry pests, such as spotted wing drosophila [SWD (Drosophila suzukii)].However, they may

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First molecular identification of the transgene red fluorescent protein (RFP) in transgenic ornamental zebrafish (Danio rerio) introduced in Peru

In CURL SPRAY this paper the transgenic fluorescent red, orange and pink zebra fish (Danio rerio), found in local aquariums in Peru, were identified using the PCR technique to amplify the transgene RFP sea anemone belonging to Discosoma spp.The gene expression of the red fluorescent protein (RFP) transgene was found to determine different gradients

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