Integrated planar silver halide waveguides and quantum cascade lasers for liquid phase chemical sensing

Author

Charlton, C. ; Kribich, R. ; MacCraith, B. ; Katzir, A. ; Mizaikoff, B.

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

7-11 Nov. 2004

Firstpage

47

Abstract

The goal of this work is to create efficient infrared sensor systems that take advantage of the unique properties of quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) as a light source. The use of single mode distributed feedback (DFB) QCLs allows for the creation of wavelength-tailored waveguides matched to the laser emission frequency. This study designs and develops a novel IR sensing platform based on integrated waveguide technology.

Keywords

chemical sensors; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; distributed feedback lasers; infrared detectors; laser modes; optical planar waveguides; quantum cascade lasers; silver compounds; IR sensing platform; distributed feedback laser; infrared sensor systems; integrated planar waveguides; integrated waveguide technology; laser emission frequency; light source; liquid phase chemical sensing; quantum cascade lasers; silver halide waveguides; single mode laser; wavelength-tailored waveguides; Chemical lasers; Distributed feedback devices; Infrared sensors; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Light sources; Liquid waveguides; Planar waveguides; Quantum cascade lasers; Silver;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8557-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363103

Filename

1363103