Temperature sensor based on a hybrid ITOsilica resonant cavity
Fecha
2015Autor
Versión
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Tipo
Artículo / Artikulua
Versión
Versión publicada / Argitaratu den bertsioa
Impacto
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10.1364/OE.23.001930
Resumen
Integrated optical devices comprised of multiple material systems are able to achieve unique performance characteristics, enabling applications in sensing and in telecommunications. Due to ease of fabrication, the majority of previous work has focused on polymer-dielectric or polymer-semiconductor systems. However, the environmental stability of polymers is limited. In the present work, a hybrid ...
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Integrated optical devices comprised of multiple material systems are able to achieve unique performance characteristics, enabling applications in sensing and in telecommunications. Due to ease of fabrication, the majority of previous work has focused on polymer-dielectric or polymer-semiconductor systems. However, the environmental stability of polymers is limited. In the present work, a hybrid device comprised of an indium tin oxide (ITO) coating on a silicon dioxide toroidal resonant cavity is fabricated. Finite element method simulations of the optical field in the multi-material device are performed, and the optical mode profile is significantly altered by the high index film. The quality factor is also measured and is material loss limited. Additionally, its performance as a temperature sensor is characterized. Due to the high thermo-optic coefficient of ITO and the localization of the optical field in the ITO layer, the hybrid temperature sensor demonstrates a nearly 3-fold improvement in performance over the conventional silica device. [--]
Materias
ITO coatings,
Temperature sensors,
Silicon dioxide toroidal resonant cavities
Editor
Optical Society of America
Publicado en
Optics Express Vol. 23, Issue 3, pp. 1930-1937 (2015)
Departamento
Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica /
Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa Saila
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Entidades Financiadoras
This work has been supported by institutions both in Spain and in the USA.
A pre-doctoral research grant of the Public University of Navarra and the Spanish Ministry
of Economy and Competitiveness FEDER TEC2013-43679-R project from Spain. Also, the
National Institute of Health through the Director’s New Innovator Award Program
[1DP2OD007391-01] from the United States of America.