On-chip gas detection in silicon optical microcavities
Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 6, pp. 4296-4301 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.004296
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Abstract
We demonstrate a chip-scale photonic system for the room-temperature detection of gas composition and pressure using a slotted silicon microring resonator. We measure shifts in the resonance wavelength due to the presence and pressure of acetylene gas and resolve differences in the refractive index as small as 10-4 in the near-IR. The observed sensitivity of this device (enhanced due to the slot-waveguide geometry) agrees with the expected value of 490 nm/refractive index unit.
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OCIS Codes
(130.6010) Integrated optics : Sensors
(230.5750) Optical devices : Resonators
(280.4788) Remote sensing and sensors : Optical sensing and sensors
ToC Category:
Remote sensing and sensors
History
Original Manuscript: February 11, 2008
Revised Manuscript: March 10, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: March 10, 2008
Published: March 13, 2008
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Jacob T. Robinson, Long Chen, and Michal Lipson, "On-chip gas detection in silicon optical microcavities," Opt. Express 16, 4296-4301 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/vjbo/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-6-4296
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