Photonic crystal stress sensor with high sensitivity in double directions based on shoulder-coupled aslant nanocavity

2013 ◽  
Vol 193 ◽  
pp. 149-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Yang ◽  
Daquan Yang ◽  
Huiping Tian ◽  
Yuefeng Ji
Keyword(s):  
Photonic Crystal ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Stress Sensor

scholarly journals Towards lab-on-chip ultrasensitive ethanol detection using photonic crystal waveguide operating in the mid infrared

Nanophotonics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Rostamian ◽  
Ehsan Madadi-Kandjani ◽  
Hamed Dalir ◽  
Volker J. Sorger ◽  
Ray T. Chen
Keyword(s):  
Photonic Crystal ◽  
Slow Light ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Guided Wave ◽  
Silicon On Insulator ◽  
Group Index ◽  
Photonic Crystal Waveguide ◽  
Mid Infrared ◽  
Lab On Chip ◽  
On Chip

Abstract Thanks to the unique molecular fingerprints in the mid-infrared spectral region, absorption spectroscopy in this regime has attracted widespread attention in recent years. Contrary to commercially available infrared spectrometers, which are limited by being bulky and cost-intensive, laboratory-on-chip infrared spectrometers can offer sensor advancements including raw sensing performance in addition to use such as enhanced portability. Several platforms have been proposed in the past for on-chip ethanol detection. However, selective sensing with high sensitivity at room temperature has remained a challenge. Here, we experimentally demonstrate an on-chip ethyl alcohol sensor based on a holey photonic crystal waveguide on silicon on insulator-based photonics sensing platform offering an enhanced photoabsorption thus improving sensitivity. This is achieved by designing and engineering an optical slow-light mode with a high group-index of n g  = 73 and a strong localization of modal power in analyte, enabled by the photonic crystal waveguide structure. This approach includes a codesign paradigm that uniquely features an increased effective path length traversed by the guided wave through the to-be-sensed gas analyte. This PIC-based lab-on-chip sensor is exemplary, spectrally designed to operate at the center wavelength of 3.4 μm to match the peak absorbance for ethanol. However, the slow-light enhancement concept is universal offering to cover a wide design-window and spectral ranges towards sensing a plurality of gas species. Using the holey photonic crystal waveguide, we demonstrate the capability of achieving parts per billion levels of gas detection precision. High sensitivity combined with tailorable spectral range along with a compact form-factor enables a new class of portable photonic sensor platforms when combined with integrated with quantum cascade laser and detectors.

High sensitivity and high Q-factor nanoslotted parallel quadrabeam photonic crystal cavity for real-time and label-free sensing

2014 ◽  
Vol 105 (6) ◽  
pp. 063118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daquan Yang ◽  
Shota Kita ◽  
Feng Liang ◽  
Cheng Wang ◽  
Huiping Tian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Photonic Crystal ◽  
Real Time ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Q Factor ◽  
Label Free ◽  
Photonic Crystal Cavity ◽  
High Q

scholarly journals A Highly Sensitive, Polarization Maintaining Photonic Crystal Fiber Sensor Operating in the THz Regime

Photonics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sohel Rana ◽  
Nirmala Kandadai ◽  
Harish Subbaraman
Keyword(s):  
Photonic Crystal ◽  
Photonic Crystal Fiber ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Relative Sensitivity ◽  
Computational Technique ◽  
The Finite Element Method ◽  
High Birefringence ◽  
Crystal Fiber ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Imaging And Spectroscopy

In this paper, a high sensitivity, polarization preserving photonic crystal fiber (PCF), based on circular air holes for sensing in the terahertz (THz) band, is presented. The finite element method, a practical and precise computational technique for describing the interactions between light and matter, is used to compute the modal properties of the designed fiber. For the designed PCF, comprising of circular air holes in both the cladding and in the porous core, a relative sensitivity of 73.5% and a high birefringence of 0.013 are achieved at 1.6 THz. The all circular air-hole structure, owing to its simplicity and compatibility with the current fiber draw technique for PCF fabrication, can be realized practically. It is anticipated that the designed fiber can be employed in applications such as detection of biological samples and toxic chemicals, imaging, and spectroscopy.

Photonic crystals: A platform for label-free and enhanced fluorescence biomolecular and cellular assays

2008 ◽  
Vol 1133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian T. Cunningham ◽  
Leo Chan ◽  
Patrick C. Mathias ◽  
Nikhil Ganesh ◽  
Sherine George ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Photonic Crystal ◽  
Photonic Crystals ◽  
High Throughput Screening ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Excitation Wavelength ◽  
Label Free ◽  
Crystal Surfaces ◽  
Enhanced Fluorescence ◽  
Preferred Direction ◽  
Label Free Detection

Abstract Photonic crystal surfaces represent a class of resonant optical structures that are capable of supporting high intensity electromagnetic standing waves with near-field and far-field properties that can be exploited for high sensitivity detection of biomolecules and cells. While modulation of the resonant wavelength of a photonic crystal by the dielectric permittivity of adsorbed biomaterials enables label-free detection, the resonance can also be tuned to coincide with the excitation wavelength of common fluorescent tags - including organic molecules and semiconductor quantum dots. Photonic crystals are also capable of efficiently channeling fluorescent emission into a preferred direction for enhanced extraction efficiency. Photonic crystals can be designed to support multiple resonant modes that can perform label free detection, enhanced fluorescence excitation, and enhanced fluorescence extraction simultaneously on the same device. Because photonic crystal surfaces may be inexpensively produced over large surface areas by nanoreplica molding processes, they can be incorporated into disposable labware for applications such as pharmaceutical high throughput screening. In this talk, the optical properties of surface photonic crystals will be reviewed and several applications will be described, including results from screening a 200,000-member chemical compound library for inhibitors of protein-DNA interactions, gene expression microarrays, and high sensitivity of protein biomarkers.

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