Papers Published

1. Lillie, J.J. and Thomas, M.A. and Dennis, K.A. and Jokerst, N.M. and Henderson, C. and Ralph, S.E., Modal pattern analysis and experimental investigation of multimode interferometric sensing: A path to fully integrated silicon-CMOS-based chem/bio sensors, Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS, vol. 1 (2004), pp. 352 - 353 .
   (last updated on 2007/04/16)

   Abstract:
   A multimode, Mach-Zehnder, chem/bio sensor with sensitivity developed through modal pattern analysis is demonstrated on silicon. Simulated and experimental data show that waveguide structures less than 5000-μm-long enable fully-integrated sensors with index sensitivities near 3×10 ^-6 and methanol-in-vapor sensitivities near 250 parts-per-billion vapor (ppbv).

   Keywords:
   Chemical sensors;Biosensors;Optical sensors;Silicon;CMOS integrated circuits;Waveguides;Interferometry;Refractive index;Signal processing;Signal to noise ratio;Ellipsometry;Calibration;Modal analysis;Computer simulation;