scholarly journals High Resolution Brillouin Sensing of Micro-Scale Structures

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 2572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atiyeh Zarifi ◽  
Birgit Stiller ◽  
Moritz Merklein ◽  
Benjamin Eggleton
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Resolution ◽  
Measurement Techniques ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Photonic Devices ◽  
Small Dimension ◽  
Detection Techniques ◽  
Micro Scale ◽  
Scale Structures ◽  
Distributed Measurement ◽  
On Chip

Brillouin distributed measurement techniques have been extensively developed for structural health monitoring using fibre optic nerve systems. The recent advancement in the spatial resolution capabilities of correlation-based Brillouin distributed technique have reached the sub-mm regime, making this approach a suitable candidate for monitoring and characterizing integrated photonic devices. The small dimension associated with the short length of these devices—on the order of the cm- and mm-scale—requires high sensitivity detection techniques and sub-mm spatial resolution. In this paper, we provide an overview of the different Brillouin sensing techniques in various micro-scale structures such as photonic crystal fibres, microfibres, and on-chip waveguides. We show how Brillouin sensing is capable of detecting fine transverse geometrical features with the sensitivity of a few nm and also extremely small longitudinal features on the order of a few hundreds of μ m . We focus on the technique of Brillouin optical correlation domain analysis (BOCDA), which enables such high spatial resolution for mapping the opto-acoustic responses of micro-scale waveguides.

scholarly journals Towards lab-on-chip ultrasensitive ethanol detection using photonic crystal waveguide operating in the mid infrared

Nanophotonics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Rostamian ◽  
Ehsan Madadi-Kandjani ◽  
Hamed Dalir ◽  
Volker J. Sorger ◽  
Ray T. Chen
Keyword(s):  
Photonic Crystal ◽  
Slow Light ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Guided Wave ◽  
Silicon On Insulator ◽  
Group Index ◽  
Photonic Crystal Waveguide ◽  
Mid Infrared ◽  
Lab On Chip ◽  
On Chip

Abstract Thanks to the unique molecular fingerprints in the mid-infrared spectral region, absorption spectroscopy in this regime has attracted widespread attention in recent years. Contrary to commercially available infrared spectrometers, which are limited by being bulky and cost-intensive, laboratory-on-chip infrared spectrometers can offer sensor advancements including raw sensing performance in addition to use such as enhanced portability. Several platforms have been proposed in the past for on-chip ethanol detection. However, selective sensing with high sensitivity at room temperature has remained a challenge. Here, we experimentally demonstrate an on-chip ethyl alcohol sensor based on a holey photonic crystal waveguide on silicon on insulator-based photonics sensing platform offering an enhanced photoabsorption thus improving sensitivity. This is achieved by designing and engineering an optical slow-light mode with a high group-index of n g  = 73 and a strong localization of modal power in analyte, enabled by the photonic crystal waveguide structure. This approach includes a codesign paradigm that uniquely features an increased effective path length traversed by the guided wave through the to-be-sensed gas analyte. This PIC-based lab-on-chip sensor is exemplary, spectrally designed to operate at the center wavelength of 3.4 μm to match the peak absorbance for ethanol. However, the slow-light enhancement concept is universal offering to cover a wide design-window and spectral ranges towards sensing a plurality of gas species. Using the holey photonic crystal waveguide, we demonstrate the capability of achieving parts per billion levels of gas detection precision. High sensitivity combined with tailorable spectral range along with a compact form-factor enables a new class of portable photonic sensor platforms when combined with integrated with quantum cascade laser and detectors.

scholarly journals Topology Design of Digital Metamaterials for Ultra-Compact Integrated Photonic Devices Based on Mode Manipulation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Han Ye ◽  
Yanrong Wang ◽  
Shuhe Zhang ◽  
Danshi Wang ◽  
Yumin Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Photonic Devices ◽  
Topology Design ◽  
Functional Region ◽  
Optical Interconnections ◽  
Silicon Waveguide ◽  
All Optical ◽  
On Chip ◽  
Mode Order

Precise manipulation of mode order in silicon waveguide plays a fundamental role in the on-chip all-optical interconnections and is still a tough task in design when the functional region is...

scholarly journals High-Performance On-Chip Silicon Beamsplitter Based on Subwavelength Metamaterials for Enhanced Fabrication Tolerance

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1304
Author(s):  
Raquel Fernández de Cabo ◽  
David González-Andrade ◽  
Pavel Cheben ◽  
Aitor V. Velasco
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Circuits ◽  
Fundamental Mode ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Power Splitting ◽  
Excess Loss ◽  
Power Splitters ◽  
On Chip ◽  
Efficient Power

Efficient power splitting is a fundamental functionality in silicon photonic integrated circuits, but state-of-the-art power-division architectures are hampered by limited operational bandwidth, high sensitivity to fabrication errors or large footprints. In particular, traditional Y-junction power splitters suffer from fundamental mode losses due to limited fabrication resolution near the junction tip. In order to circumvent this limitation, we propose a new type of high-performance Y-junction power splitter that incorporates subwavelength metamaterials. Full three-dimensional simulations show a fundamental mode excess loss below 0.1 dB in an ultra-broad bandwidth of 300 nm (1400–1700 nm) when optimized for a fabrication resolution of 50 nm, and under 0.3 dB in a 350 nm extended bandwidth (1350–1700 nm) for a 100 nm resolution. Moreover, analysis of fabrication tolerances shows robust operation for the fundamental mode to etching errors up to ± 20 nm. A proof-of-concept device provides an initial validation of its operation principle, showing experimental excess losses lower than 0.2 dB in a 195 nm bandwidth for the best-case resolution scenario (i.e., 50 nm).

scholarly journals Demonstration of an integrated nanophotonic chip-scale alkali vapor magnetometer using inverse design

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoel Sebbag ◽  
Eliran Talker ◽  
Alex Naiman ◽  
Yefim Barash ◽  
Uriel Levy
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Resolution ◽  
Near Field ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Experimental Characterization ◽  
Optical Isolation ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
On Chip ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Micrometer Scale

AbstractRecently, there has been growing interest in the miniaturization and integration of atomic-based quantum technologies. In addition to the obvious advantages brought by such integration in facilitating mass production, reducing the footprint, and reducing the cost, the flexibility offered by on-chip integration enables the development of new concepts and capabilities. In particular, recent advanced techniques based on computer-assisted optimization algorithms enable the development of newly engineered photonic structures with unconventional functionalities. Taking this concept further, we hereby demonstrate the design, fabrication, and experimental characterization of an integrated nanophotonic-atomic chip magnetometer based on alkali vapor with a micrometer-scale spatial resolution and a magnetic sensitivity of 700 pT/√Hz. The presented platform paves the way for future applications using integrated photonic–atomic chips, including high-spatial-resolution magnetometry, near-field vectorial imaging, magnetically induced switching, and optical isolation.

scholarly journals Spatial Resolution in ACOM - What Will Come After EBSD

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.A. Schwarzer
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Spatial Resolution ◽  
Crystal Orientation ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Polycrystalline Materials ◽  
Phase Identification ◽  
Specific Level ◽  
Orientation Microscopy ◽  
Orientation Contrast ◽  
Phase Discrimination

Automated Crystal Orientation Microscopy (ACOM) on a grain specific level has proved to be an invaluable new tool for characterizing polycrystalline materials. It is usually based on scanning facilities using electron diffraction , due to its high sensitivity and spatial resolution, but also attempts have been made which rely upon X-ray or hard synchrotron radiation diffraction. The grain orientations are commonly mapped in pseudo-colors on the scanning grid to construct Crystal Orientation Maps (COM), which represent “images” of the microstructure with the advantage of providing quantitative orientation contrast. In a similar way, misorientations across grain boundaries, Σ values of grain boundaries, or other microstructural characteristics are visualized by mapping the grains in the micrograph with specific colors. The principal objectives are the determination of quantitative, statistically meaningful data sets of crystal orientations, misorientations, the CSL character (Σ) of grain boundaries, local crystal texture (pole figures, ODF, MODF, OCF) and derived entities, phase discrimination and phase identification.

scholarly journals Drug-Delivery System Based on Salmon DNA Nano- and Micro-Scale Structures

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunwoo Lee ◽  
Sreekantha Reddy Dugansani ◽  
So Hee Jeon ◽  
Soon Hyoung Hwang ◽  
Jae-Hyun Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Delivery ◽  
Drug Delivery System ◽  
Delivery System ◽  
Micro Scale ◽  
Scale Structures

On-chip, high-sensitivity temperature sensors based on dye-doped solid-state polymer microring lasers

2017 ◽  
Vol 111 (6) ◽  
pp. 061109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Wan ◽  
Hengky Chandrahalim ◽  
Cong Chen ◽  
Qiushu Chen ◽  
Ting Mei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Temperature Sensors ◽  
On Chip

scholarly journals A Novel TMTP1-modified Theranostic Nanoplatform for Targeted in Vivo NIR-II Fluorescence Imaging-guided Chemotherapy of Cervical Cancer

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alifu Nuernisha ◽  
Rong Ma ◽  
Lijun Zhu ◽  
Zhong Du ◽  
Shuang Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Blood Vessels ◽  
Fluorescence Imaging ◽  
Spatial Resolution ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Tumor Targeting ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
High Definition ◽  
Targeting Ability

Abstract BackgroundNear-infrared II (NIR-II, 900-1700 nm) fluorescence bioimaging with advantages of good biosafety, excellent spatial resolution, high sensitivity and contrast, has attracted great attentions in biomedical research fields. However, most nanoprobes used for NIR-II fluorescence imaging have poor tumor-targeting ability and therapeutic efficiency. To overcome these limitations, a novel NIR-II-emissive theranostic nanoplatform for imaging and treatment of cervical cancer was designed and prepared. The NIR-II-emissive dye IR-783 and chemotherapy drug doxorubicin (DOX) were encapsulated into liposomes, and the tumor-targeting peptide TMTP1 was conjugated to the surface of the liposomes to form IR-783-DOX-TMTP1 nanoparticles (NPs) via self-assembly methods.ResultsThe IR-783-DOX-TMTP1 NPs showed strong NIR-II emission, excellent biocompatibility, a long lifetime, and low toxicity. Further, high-definition NIR-II fluorescence microscopy images of ear blood vessels and intratumor blood vessels were obtained from IR-783-DOX-TMTP1 NPs-stained mice with high spatial resolution under 808 nm laser excitation. Moreover, IR-783-DOX-TMTP1 NPs showed strong tumor targeting ability and high efficiently chemotherapeutic character towards cervical tumors. ConclusionsThe novel targeting and NIR-II-emissive IR-783-DOX-TMTP1 NPs have potential in diagnosis and therapy for cervical cancer.

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