Title
Trimodal waveguide demonstration and its implementation as a high order mode interferometer for sensing application
Date Issued
02 June 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Ramirez J.C.
Gabrielli L.H.
Lechuga L.M.
Universidad Estatal de Campinas
Publisher(s)
MDPI AG
Abstract
This work implements and demonstrates an interferometric transducer based on a trimodal optical waveguide concept. The readout signal is generated from the interference between the fundamental and second-order modes propagating on a straight polymer waveguide. Intuitively, the higher the mode order, the larger the fraction of power (evanescent field) propagating outside the waveguide core, hence the higher the sensitivity that can be achieved when interfering against the strongly confined fundamental mode. The device is fabricated using the polymer SU-8 over a SiO2 substrate and shows a free spectral range of 20.2 nm and signal visibility of 5.7 dB, reaching a sensitivity to temperature variations of 0.0586 dB/°C. The results indicate that the proposed interferometer is a promising candidate for highly sensitive, compact and low-cost photonic transducer for implementation in different types of sensing applications, among these, point-of-care.
Volume
19
Issue
12
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería eléctrica, Ingeniería electrónica Ciencia de los polímeros
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85068822923
PubMed ID
Source
Sensors (Switzerland)
ISSN of the container
14248220
Sponsor(s)
Funding: This research was funded by Brazilian MCTI FOTONICOM (CNPq project 465757/2014-6), Science without Boundaries (SWE project 400659/2013-1), São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP projects 2015/24517-8, 2016/19270-6), and National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq projects 438272/2018-8, 302036/2018-0)
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