Single-mode porous silicon waveguide interferometers with unity confinement factors for ultra-sensitive surface adlayer sensing

Talukdar, Tahmid; Allen, Gabrielle; Kravchenko, Ivan I.; Ryckman, Judson

doi:10.1364/OE.27.022485

Single-mode porous silicon waveguide interferometers with unity confinement factors for ultra-sensitive surface adlayer sensing

Journal Article · Tue Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Optics Express

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.022485· OSTI ID:1546510

^[1]; Allen, Gabrielle ^[1]; ^[2]; Ryckman, Judson ^[1]

Clemson Univ., SC (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Guided wave-optics has emerged as a promising platform for label free biosensing. However, device sensitivity toward surface-bound small molecules is directly limited by the evanescent interaction and low confinement factor with the active sensing region. Here, we report a mesoporous silicon waveguide design and inverse fabrication technique that resolves the evanescent field interaction limitation while achieving maximal transverse confinement factors and preserving single-mode operation. The waveguide sensors are characterized in a Fabry-Perot interferometer configuration and the ultra-high sensitivity to small molecule adlayers is demonstrated. We also identify dispersion to be a promising degree of freedom for exceeding the sensitivity limits predicted by the conventional non-dispersive effective medium theory.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1546510

Journal Information:: Optics Express, Journal Name: Optics Express Journal Issue: 16 Vol. 27; ISSN 1094-4087; ISSN OPEXFF

Publisher:: Optical Society of America (OSA)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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