| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2508749 |
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| Author | Search for: Wangüemert-Pérez, Juan Gonzalo; Search for: Sánchez-Postigo, Alejandro; Search for: Hadij-Elhouati, Abdelfettah; Search for: Leuermann, Jonas; Search for: Pérez-Armenta, Carlos; Search for: El Mokhtari Mimun, Faysal; Search for: Pereira-Martín, Daniel; Search for: Luque-González, José Manuel; Search for: Ortega-Moñux, Alejandro; Search for: Halir, Robert; Search for: Molina-Fernández, Iñigo; Search for: Cheben, Pavel1ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4232-9130; Search for: Schmid, Jens H.1; Search for: Xu, Dan-Xia1; Search for: Ctyroký, Jirí; Search for: Soler-Penades, Jordi; Search for: Nedeljkovic, Milos; Search for: Mashanovich, Goran Z. |
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| Editor | Search for: Reed, Graham T.; Search for: Knights, Andrew P. |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. Advanced Electronics and Photonics
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Conference | Silicon Photonics XIV, February 2-7, 2019, San Francisco, California, United States |
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| Subject | waveguides; mid-IR; silicon; light-matter-interactions; cladding; diffraction gratings; lab on a chip |
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| 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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| Publication date | 2019-03-04 |
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| Publisher | Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| Record identifier | 03224423-e227-41dd-a0f9-75c6698e3275 |
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| Record created | 2019-03-12 |
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| Record modified | 2021-04-23 |
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