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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-39062-z
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- Texas A&M University (TAMU) Presidential X-Grant
- NSF-ERC PATHS-UP Program
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Chip-scale chemical detections were demonstrated by mid-Infrared (mid-IR) integrated optics made by aluminum nitride (AlN) waveguides on flexible borosilicate templates. The AlN film was deposited using sputtering at room temperature, and it exhibited a broad infrared transmittance up to lambda = 9 mu m. The AlN waveguide profile was created by microelectronic fabrication processes. The sensor is bendable because it has a thickness less than 30 mu m that significantly decreases the strain. A bright fundamental mode was obtained at lambda = 2.50-2.65 mu m without mode distortion or scattering observed. By spectrum scanning at the -OH absorption band, the waveguide sensor was able to identify different hydroxyl compounds, such as water, methanol, and ethanol, and the concentrations of their mixtures. Real-time methanol monitoring was achieved by reading the intensity change of the waveguide mode at lambda = 2.65 mu m, which overlap with the stretch absorption of the hydroxyl bond. Due to the advantages of mechanical flexibility and broad mid-IR transparency, the AlN chemical sensor will enable microphotonic devices for wearables and remote biomedical and environmental detection.
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