Title :
Design of a fluid-infiltrated planar polymer integrated optic refractive index sensor
Author :
Zeller, E. ; Thach Nguyen ; Mitchell, A.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Ultra-high bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), RMIT Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
We report a novel design of a planar polymer integrated refractive index sensor based on an asymmetric fluid-infiltrated coupler architecture. Modal and beam propagation analysis revealed a sensitivity comparable to the most sensitive fibre-based concepts.
Keywords :
fibre optic sensors; holey fibres; integrated optics; light propagation; optical design techniques; optical fibre couplers; optical polymers; photonic crystals; refractive index measurement; asymmetric fluid-infiltrated coupler; beam propagation analysis; fluid-infiltrated planar polymer refractive index sensor; integrated optic refractive index sensor; optical design; photonic crystal fibre; Couplings; Fluids; Indexes; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Solids; Optofluidics; Refractive Index Sensor;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), 2010 35th Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
DOI :
10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929961
