• DocumentCode
    688555
  • Title

    Gas sensing using a resilient polymer photonic crystal nanocavity with ultra-high quality factor

  • Author

    Clevenson, Hannah ; Desjardins, Pierre ; Xuetao Gan ; Englund, Dirk

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present a high-sensitivity, multi-use optical gas sensor based on a one-dimensional polymer photonic crystal cavity. With an experimental Q exceeding 13100, we predict detection levels on the parts-per-billion range for a variety of gases.
  • Keywords
    Q-factor; gas sensors; nanophotonics; nanosensors; optical polymers; optical sensors; photonic crystals; detection level; high-sensitivity multiuse optical gas sensor; one-dimensional polymer photonic crystal cavity; resilient polymer photonic crystal nanocavity; ultrahigh quality factor; Cavity resonators; Optical device fabrication; Optical imaging; Optical polymers; Optical sensors; Photonic crystals;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6832929
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=688555