Simulation of Cantilever Force Sensor based on Ring Resonator structure

Volume 6 Issue 3 May - July 2017

Research Paper

Simulation of Cantilever Force Sensor based on Ring Resonator structure

Anjali S. Sanghvi*, Vikas Sahu**, Sharad Mohan Shrivastava***

* PG Scholar, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University, Bhilai, CG, India.

**-*** Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Shri Shankaracharya Technical Campus, Bhilai, CG, India.

Sanghvi, A. S., Sahu, V., Shrivastava, S. M., (2017). Simulation of Cantilever Force Sensor Based on Ring Resonator Structure. i-manager’s Journal on Communication Engineering and Systems, 6(3), 25-30. https://doi.org/10.26634/jcs.6.3.13615

Abstract

Optical sensors are being considered for lab-on-a-chip applications due to its small size, compatibility, and passive behaviour. Microcantilever based sensors have been demonstrated to be extremely versatile sensors and having its potential applications in chemical, biological, and physical sciences. This paper presents a platform in optical sensors mainly for hexagonal photonic crystals, which engenders high Quality Factor and Sensitivity. In this work, optical ring resonator has been integrated on cantilever beams for force sensing applications. Plane Wave Expansion, Finite Difference Time Domain method, and Finite Element Method have been used for simulations.