Improved performance of highly multiplexed silicion-on-insulator microring sensor chips by surface structure implementation

Sam Werquin; Diedrik Vermeulen; Arne Goes; Anabelle Van Eeghem; Peter Dubruel; Peter Bienstman

doi:10.1117/12.2037266

20 February 2014 Improved performance of highly multiplexed silicion-on-insulator microring sensor chips by surface structure implementation

Sam Werquin, Diedrik Vermeulen, Arne Goes, Anabelle Van Eeghem, Peter Dubruel, Peter Bienstman

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Proceedings Volume 8954, Nanoscale Imaging, Sensing, and Actuation for Biomedical Applications XI; 89540O (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2037266
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Silicon-on-insulator microring resonators have proven to be an excellent platform for label-free nanophotonic biosensors. The high index contrast of the silicon-an-insulator platform allows for fabrication of micrometer size sensors and a high degree of multiplexing. To enable robust, low-noise performance of a microring resonator sensor chip in a lab-on-a-chip setting, flood illuminating an array of vertical grating couplers is a promising approach to couple input light into the chip. This technique provides a very high alignment tolerance while at the same time exciting multiple sensors simultaneously for rapid parallel read-out. We demonstrate this technique to obtain a highly multiplexed chip output combined with real time sensor information. However, parasitic reflections on the chip surface can deteriorate the sensor signal and limit the performance. We investigate the use of surface structures to limit these parasitic signals and show a significant improvement of the sensor operation.

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Sam Werquin, Diedrik Vermeulen, Arne Goes, Anabelle Van Eeghem, Peter Dubruel, and Peter Bienstman "Improved performance of highly multiplexed silicion-on-insulator microring sensor chips by surface structure implementation", Proc. SPIE 8954, Nanoscale Imaging, Sensing, and Actuation for Biomedical Applications XI, 89540O (20 February 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2037266

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