Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42111008›Full record

ArticleBiomedical optics express2026

Racetrack ring resonator-assisted MZI-based integrated optical biosensor with buffer layers for measuring blood glucose level.

Kamakshi Manchikalapati, Gopalkrishna Hegde, Srinivas Talabattula

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Biomedical optics express, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Kamakshi ManchikalapatiDept of ECE, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, 560012, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7811-1456
Gopalkrishna HegdeDept of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, 560012, India.
Srinivas TalabattulaDept of ECE, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, 560012, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we present a two-racetrack ring assisted Mach-Zehnder interferometer (RRAMZI) configuration, specifically engineered for glucose detection. RRAMZI chose to combine the property of high sensitivity of the racetrack ring resonator (RRR) with the property of high accuracy due to the reference arm of the Mach-Zehnder Interferometer(MZI) for achieving high sensitivity with high accuracy. To enhance biosensor performance, intermediate buffer layers were introduced between the core and substrate layers. Depending on the material chosen for the buffer layer, it offers the advantage of enhancing the resonant and penetration depths. In this paper, two different configurations of RAMZI with two different buffer materials are presented. The two materials of the buffer layer are silicon nitride (Si

Identifiers

PMID42111008
PMCPMC13155842

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.