Title :
Selective gas sensing for photonic crystal lasers
Author :
Smith, Cameron L C ; Christiansen, Mads B. ; Buss, Thomas ; Kristensen, Anders ; Lind, Johan U. ; Nielsen, Claus H. ; Larsen, Niels B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Micro- & Nanotechnol., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We facilitate photonic crystal lasers to sense gases via an additional swelling polymer film. We describe the transduction transfer function and experimentally demonstrate an enhanced ethanol vapor sensitivity over 15 dB with low humidity crosstalk.
Keywords :
dye lasers; gas sensors; optical crosstalk; optical films; optical polymers; photonic crystals; polymer films; remote sensing by laser beam; swelling; ethanol vapor sensitivity; humidity crosstalk; photonic crystal dye-lasers; selective gas sensing; swelling polymer film; transduction transfer function; Gas lasers; Gases; Monitoring; Photonic crystals; Polymer films; Sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
