New optical detection techniques for chemical sensors

Sergio Brito Mendes; Seppo Honkanen; Mahmoud Fallahi; Nasser Peyghambarian

doi:10.1117/12.308385

15 May 1998 New optical detection techniques for chemical sensors

Sergio Brito Mendes, Seppo Honkanen, Mahmoud Fallahi, Nasser Peyghambarian

Proceedings Volume 3270, Methods for Ultrasensitive Detection; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.308385
Event: Optoelectronics and High-Power Lasers and Applications, 1998, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

In this work we present three novel optical approaches towards the implementation of bio-and chemical sensors. First we describe an absorbance spectroscopic techniques developed on a waveguide platform that features a sensitivity enhancement of 4 orders of magnitude compared to the conventional transmission measurements of ultra-thin films. Next we show a waveguide Zeeman interferometric technique, which is based on the relative phase change between the TE and TM waveguide modes, applied as a sensor platform. Finally an external-cavity laser, a semiconductor laser combined with a single mode optical fiber and a Bragg grating reflector, was built to work as an active sensor where the analyte species were incorporated inside the resonant cavity to increase sensitivity.

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Sergio Brito Mendes, Seppo Honkanen, Mahmoud Fallahi, and Nasser Peyghambarian "New optical detection techniques for chemical sensors", Proc. SPIE 3270, Methods for Ultrasensitive Detection, (15 May 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.308385

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