Sensitivity Enhancement of Integrated Optical Sensors by Use of Thin High-Index Films
Applied Optics, Vol. 38, Issue 28, pp. 6036-6039 (1999)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.38.006036
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Abstract
The proportion of power carried in the superstrate medium by the guided modes of integrated optical waveguides can be increased by the addition of a thin high-index film. Enhanced refractive-index sensing is demonstrated with channel waveguide Mach–Zehnder interferometers with Ta2O5 overlays. Sensitivity increases by a factor greater than 50, and a detection limit better than 5 × 10−7 is obtained. This approach is broadly applicable to sensing at waveguide surfaces where the strength of evanescent fields dictates performance.
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OCIS Codes
(120.0120) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology
(130.0130) Integrated optics : Integrated optics
(130.6010) Integrated optics : Sensors
(240.0310) Optics at surfaces : Thin films
Citation
Geoffrey R. Quigley, Richard D. Harris, and James S. Wilkinson, "Sensitivity Enhancement of Integrated Optical Sensors by Use of Thin High-Index Films," Appl. Opt. 38, 6036-6039 (1999)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-38-28-6036
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