International Science Community Association Research Journal of Engineering Sciences 2278 - 9472 6 6 2017 07 26 Simulation of force sensor based on ring resonator in photonic crystal structure 24 27 EN Parinita Sahu 1 Department of ETC, GDRCET, Kohka Bhilai, India Swapnil Sinha 2 Dept. of Electronics and Telecommunication Engg., GDRCET, Kohka Bhilai, India Vikram Singh Rathore 1 Department of Structural Engineering (Civil Branch), Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg, Chhattisgarh, India M.K. Gupta 2 Department of Structural Engineering (Civil Branch), Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg, Chhattisgarh, India Awadhesh Kumar Singh 1 Department of Electronics & Communication, University of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India Nar Singh 2 Department of Electronics & Communication, University of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India Anjali S. Sanghvi 1 Department of Electronics and Telecommunication, Shri Shankaracharya Technical Campus, Bhilai, Durg, Chhattisgarh-491001, India Vikas Sahu 2 Department of Electronics and Telecommunication, Shri Shankaracharya Technical Campus, Bhilai, Durg, Chhattisgarh-491001, India Sharad Mohan Shrivastava 3 Department of Electronics and Telecommunication, Shri Shankaracharya Technical Campus, Bhilai, Durg, Chhattisgarh-491001, India > Research Article 2017 4 8 2017 07 26 In this paper, we have presented the design of resonator structure in photonic crystals to improve two parameters i.e., Quality Factor and Sensitivity. Photonic Crystal based force sensor includes hexagonal rings in 2-D Photonic Crystal silicon slab of hexagonal lattice which are to be integrated on the top of Silicon Microcantilever for Sensing applications. Ring resonator has been arranged in between two silicon Photonic Crystals waveguides, i.e., bus and drop waveguides. The new ring-resonators has formed by removing the holes of a hexagonal lattice from two-dimensional silicon Photonic Crystals slab. The parameters Quality Factor and Sensitivity can be improved by tuning the size of holes in the hexagonal resonator structure. 2-D Finite Difference Time Domain Method and Finite Element Method has been used for simulation. Copyright@ International Science Community Association