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Cavity-Enhanced IR Absorption in Planar Chalcogenide Glass Microdisk Resonators: Experiment and Analysis

Journal

JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 27, Issue 23, Pages 5240-5245

Publisher

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2009.2030899

Keywords

Amorphous materials; chemical analysis; glass; IR spectroscopy; integrated optics; microresonators; optical resonators; sulfur compounds

Funding

  1. Department of Energy [DE-SC52-06NA27341]

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Planar microdisk optical resonators fabricated from Ge23Sb7S70 chalcogenide glass on a silicon substrate are applied for cavity-enhanced spectroscopic measurement of chemical molecular absorption fingerprint. A 0.02 cm(-1) detection limit for these devices is demonstrated. This detection limit represents a threefold improvement as compared to a straight waveguide sensor, while the physical device length is reduced by 40-fold. The reduction in device footprint with enhanced sensitivity makes the structure attractive for sensor-on-a-chip device applications. We also present a design optimization approach for cavity-enhanced IR absorption spectroscopy using traveling-wave resonators, which indicates that further performance improvement can be achieved in optimally coupled, low-loss resonant cavities.

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