Journal
SMALL
Volume 18, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202105355
Keywords
distributed bragg reflector optical cavity; Fabry-Perot resonances; gallium oxide; wide range thermometer
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- MICINN [RTI2018-097195-B-I00, RTI2018-096918-B-C41, FPU15/01982]
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research [FA8655-20-1-7013]
- MINECO [MAT2016-81720-REDC, RED2018-102609-T]
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This study proposes a luminescent and interferometric thermometer based on Fabry-Perot optical microcavities built on Cr-doped Ga2O3 nanowires, utilizing the optical features of Cr3+-related luminescence and spatial confinement of light to achieve sensitive temperature sensing.
Remote temperature sensing at the micro- and nanoscale is key in fields such as photonics, electronics, energy, or biomedicine, with optical properties being one of the most used transducing mechanisms for such sensors. Ga2O3 presents very high chemical and thermal stability, as well as high radiation resistance, becoming of great interest to be used under extreme conditions, for example, electrical and/or optical high-power devices and harsh environments. In this work, a luminescent and interferometric thermometer is proposed based on Fabry-Perot (FP) optical microcavities built on Cr-doped Ga2O3 nanowires. It combines the optical features of the Cr3+-related luminescence, greatly sensitive to temperature, and spatial confinement of light, which results in strong FP resonances within the Cr3+ broad band. While the chromium-related R lines energy shifts are adequate for low-temperature sensing, FP resonances extend the sensing range to high temperatures with excellent sensitivity. This thermometry system achieves micron-range spatial resolution, temperature precision of around 1 K, and a wide operational range, demonstrating to work at least in the 150-550 K temperature range. Besides, the temperature-dependent anisotropic refractive index and thermo-optic coefficient of this oxide have been further characterized by comparison to experimental, analytical, and finite-difference time-domain simulation results.
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