Novel optical-waveguide sensing platform based on input grating coupler

Sonia Grego; Sudipto Naskar; Aarish M Patel; Alan Huffman; Christopher A. Bower; Brian R. Stoner

doi:10.1117/12.646302

24 February 2006 Novel optical-waveguide sensing platform based on input grating coupler

Sonia Grego, Sudipto Naskar, Aarish M Patel, Alan Huffman, Christopher A. Bower, Brian R. Stoner

Proceedings Volume 6123, Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies X; 61230D (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.646302
Event: Integrated Optoelectronic Devices 2006, 2006, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Silicon oxynitride optical waveguides with a grating coupler were used for a label-free detection approach that measures the change of refractive index at the grating surface. Two approaches were used for the grating fabrication: (i) commercially available linear gratings were used as stamps for imprint lithography and the pattern was transferred by dry-etching; (ii) polystyrene microspheres self-assembly in an ordered close-packed array was exploited to obtain a two-dimensional grating with hexagonal symmetry. Optical coupling into slab waveguides of both visible (633nm) and tunable infrared (1550 nm) lasers was characterized as a function of incident angle in a custom-made automated apparatus. Sensitivity to different aqueous solutions was demonstrated with low loss waveguides fabricated using low-frequency plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition. The exploitation of the tunability of telecom infrared lasers and of the two-dimensional hexagonal grating coupler has the ultimate goal of providing a high performance, compact sensor that does not require mechanical moving parts.

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Sonia Grego, Sudipto Naskar, Aarish M Patel, Alan Huffman, Christopher A. Bower, and Brian R. Stoner "Novel optical-waveguide sensing platform based on input grating coupler", Proc. SPIE 6123, Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies X, 61230D (24 February 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.646302

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