Photonics Research, 2018, 6 (6): 06000506, Published Online: Jul. 2, 2018
Chip-scale broadband spectroscopic chemical sensing using an integrated supercontinuum source in a chalcogenide glass waveguide Download: 767次
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Fig. 1. (a) Refractive index dispersion of the Ge 22 Sb 18 Se 60 glass film measured using ellipsometry; inset schematically depicts the waveguide structure. (b) Simulated GVD of GeSbSe waveguides with varying widths (W ) and a fixed core thickness H = 400 nm .
Fig. 2. (a) Top-view optical micrograph of the zigzag GeSbSe waveguides; (b) SEM cross-sectional image of a 0.95 μm ( W ) × 0.4 μm ( H ) GeSbSe waveguide. (c) Experimental setup of on-chip SC generation and sensing. (d) Block diagram of home-built femtosecond laser module (OC, optical coupler; WDM, wavelength division multiplexer; SA, graphene saturable absorber; PC, polarization controller).
Fig. 3. SC spectra in GeSbSe waveguides: (a) SC spectra from waveguides with different widths W ; when W = 0.95 μm , the zero-dispersion point of the waveguide coincides with the pump wavelength; (b) SC generation of GeSbSe waveguides with the optimal geometry (W = 0.95 μm , H = 0.4 μm ) and varying lengths; (c) SC spectra from a 21 mm long GeSbSe waveguide (W = 0.95 μm , H = 0.4 μm ) at different pump power levels. The power quoted here represents the average optical power coupled into the waveguide.
Fig. 4. (a) SC spectra measured on GeSbSe waveguides of different lengths L when immersed in chloroform; the triangle marks the optical absorption at 1695 nm calibrated using a benchtop UV-Vis spectrometer for an equivalent waveguide path length L = 21 mm ; (b) SC spectra taken on a 21 mm long GeSbSe waveguide immersed in CHCl3–CCl4 solutions of varying volume concentration ratios; (c) measured peak absorption at 1695 nm versus the GeSbSe waveguide length used in the experiment. The linear relation indicates that the classical Lambert’s law is obeyed; the inset shows the mode profile simulated by finite difference method.
Qingyang Du, Zhengqian Luo, Huikai Zhong, Yifei Zhang, Yizhong Huang, Tuanjie Du, Wei Zhang, Tian Gu, Juejun Hu. Chip-scale broadband spectroscopic chemical sensing using an integrated supercontinuum source in a chalcogenide glass waveguide[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(6): 06000506.