In this paper a detailed investigation of slot waveguides for optical sensing in near-IR wavelength region is carried out, assuming Silicon-on-Insulator technology. Optimized guided-wave structures are found in terms of high sensitivity (Sh) and low propagation losses ( prop) and design guidelines are clearly selected. A number of possible application fields for environmental monitoring are covered, including gas sensing (gas identification or measure of their physical parameters as pressure) and liquid sensing (as pollutants in water). Influence of fabrication tolerances and wavelength dependence are also studied.
Design of Optimized SOI Slot Waveguides for Homogeneous Optical Sensing in Near Infrared / DE LEONARDIS, Francesco; Giannoccaro, G.; Troia, B.; Passaro, Vittorio; Perri, Anna Gina. - STAMPA. - (2011), pp. 142-147. (Intervento presentato al convegno 4th IEEE International Workshop on Advances in Sensors and Interfaces, IWASI 2011 tenutosi a Savelletri di Fasano, Italy nel June 28-29, 2011) [10.1109/IWASI.2011.6004705].
Design of Optimized SOI Slot Waveguides for Homogeneous Optical Sensing in Near Infrared
DE LEONARDIS, Francesco;Giannoccaro, G.;PASSARO, Vittorio;PERRI, Anna Gina
2011
Abstract
In this paper a detailed investigation of slot waveguides for optical sensing in near-IR wavelength region is carried out, assuming Silicon-on-Insulator technology. Optimized guided-wave structures are found in terms of high sensitivity (Sh) and low propagation losses ( prop) and design guidelines are clearly selected. A number of possible application fields for environmental monitoring are covered, including gas sensing (gas identification or measure of their physical parameters as pressure) and liquid sensing (as pollutants in water). Influence of fabrication tolerances and wavelength dependence are also studied.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
