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4 March 2019 Engineering sub-wavelength silicon waveguides for sensing applications in the near-infrared and mid-infrared band (Conference Presentation)
Juan Gonzalo Wangüemert-Pérez, Alejandro Sánchez-Postigo, Abdelfettah Hadij-ElHouati, Jonas Leuermann, Carlos Pérez-Armenta, Faysal El Mokhtari Mimun, Daniel Pereira-Martín, José Manuel Luque-González, Alejandro Ortega-Moñux, Robert Halir, Iñigo Molina-Fernández, Pavel Cheben, Jens Schmid, Dan-Xia Xu, Jirí Čtyroký, Jordi Soler-Penades, Milos Nedeljkovic, Goran Mashanovich
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Proceedings Volume 10923, Silicon Photonics XIV; 1092307 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2508749
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2019, San Francisco, California, United States
Abstract
Silicon photonics is one of the most promising candidates to achieve lab-on-a-chip systems. Making use of the evanescent-field sensing principle, it is possible to determine the presence and concentration of substances by simply measuring the variation produced by the light-matter interaction in the real part of the mode effective index (in the near-infrared band), or in its imaginary part in a specific range of wavelengths (in the mid-infrared band). Regardless of which is the operating wavelength range, it is essential to select the proper sensing waveguide in order to maximize the device sensitivity. In this work we will review the potential of diffractionless subwavelength grating waveguides (SWG) for sensing applications by demonstrating their powerful capability to engineer the spatial distribution of the mode profile, and thereby to maximize the light-matter interaction. Among other things, we will demonstrate that the SWG waveguide dimensions used until now in the near-infrared are not optimal for sensing applications. In the mid-infrared band, due to the unacceptable losses of silicon dioxide for wavelengths longer than 4 μm, an additional effort is required to provide a more convenient platform for the development of future applications. In this regard, we will also show our recent progress in the development of a new platform, the suspended silicon waveguide with subwavelength metamaterial cladding. A complete set of elemental building blocks capable of covering the full transparency window of silicon (λ < ∼8.5 μm) will be discussed.
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Juan Gonzalo Wangüemert-Pérez, Alejandro Sánchez-Postigo, Abdelfettah Hadij-ElHouati, Jonas Leuermann, Carlos Pérez-Armenta, Faysal El Mokhtari Mimun, Daniel Pereira-Martín, José Manuel Luque-González, Alejandro Ortega-Moñux, Robert Halir, Iñigo Molina-Fernández, Pavel Cheben, Jens Schmid, Dan-Xia Xu, Jirí Čtyroký, Jordi Soler-Penades, Milos Nedeljkovic, and Goran Mashanovich "Engineering sub-wavelength silicon waveguides for sensing applications in the near-infrared and mid-infrared band (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10923, Silicon Photonics XIV, 1092307 (4 March 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2508749
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KEYWORDS
Waveguides
Mid-IR
Silicon
Light-matter interactions
Cladding
Diffraction gratings
Lab on a chip
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