• DocumentCode
    2303777
  • Title

    Palladium-coated photonic crystal vertical cavity lasers for hydrogen sensing applications

  • Author

    Griffin, Benjamin G. ; Kasten, Ansas M. ; Choquette, Kent D. ; Goddard, Lynford L.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    7-11 Nov. 2010
  • Firstpage
    373
  • Lastpage
    374
  • Abstract
    We report the integration of palladium on the surface of a photonic crystal VCSEL for use as a hydrogen sensor. We demonstrate a shift in output power and peak wavelength in response to hydrogen concentration.
  • Keywords
    chemical variables measurement; gas sensors; hydrogen; integrated optics; laser cavity resonators; measurement by laser beam; metallic thin films; optical films; palladium; photonic crystals; semiconductor lasers; spectral line shift; surface emitting lasers; H2; Pd-Jk; hydrogen concentration; hydrogen sensor; optical films; output power shift; palladium integration; palladium-coated photonic crystal vertical cavity lasers; peak wavelength shift;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
  • Conference_Location
    Denver, CO
  • ISSN
    -
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5368-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    -
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698915
  • Filename
    5698915