We propose a new kind of microring resonators （MRR） based on 4 × 4 multimode interference （MMI） couplers for multichannel and highly sensitive chemical and biological sensors. The proposed sensor structure ha...We propose a new kind of microring resonators （MRR） based on 4 × 4 multimode interference （MMI） couplers for multichannel and highly sensitive chemical and biological sensors. The proposed sensor structure has advantages of compactness and high sensitivity compared with the reported sensing structures. By using the transfer matrix method （TMM） and numerical simulations, the designs of the sensor based on silicon waveguides are optimized and demonstrated in detail. We apply our structure to detect glucose and ethanol concentrations simultaneously. A high sensitivity of 9000 nm/RIU, detection limit of 2 × 10^-4 for glucose sensing and sensitivity of 6000 nm/RIU, detection limit of 1.3 × 10^-5 for ethanol sensing are achieved.展开更多
We demonstrate an optical filter based on multistage second-order microring resonators（MRs） with box-like spectral responses. Compared with single-stage high-order optical filters with the same number of MRs,the dem...We demonstrate an optical filter based on multistage second-order microring resonators（MRs） with box-like spectral responses. Compared with single-stage high-order optical filters with the same number of MRs,the demonstrated structure has comparable performances in the aspects of passband flatness, rolling-off slope and insertion loss. Moreover, the architecture relaxes the fabrication tolerance, electrical wiring and tuning difficulty since there are only two MRs in each stage. We experimentally demonstrate this kind of optical filter with five stages, which shows a 3-dB bandwidth of ~17 GHz, a rolling-off slope of ~5 dB/GHz and an on-chip insertion loss of ~6 dB.展开更多
文摘We propose a new kind of microring resonators （MRR） based on 4 × 4 multimode interference （MMI） couplers for multichannel and highly sensitive chemical and biological sensors. The proposed sensor structure has advantages of compactness and high sensitivity compared with the reported sensing structures. By using the transfer matrix method （TMM） and numerical simulations, the designs of the sensor based on silicon waveguides are optimized and demonstrated in detail. We apply our structure to detect glucose and ethanol concentrations simultaneously. A high sensitivity of 9000 nm/RIU, detection limit of 2 × 10^-4 for glucose sensing and sensitivity of 6000 nm/RIU, detection limit of 1.3 × 10^-5 for ethanol sensing are achieved.
基金Project supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(Nos.2015AA017001,2015AA010103)the Natural National Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(Nos.61235001,61575187,61535002,61204061,6157031748,61377067)
文摘We demonstrate an optical filter based on multistage second-order microring resonators（MRs） with box-like spectral responses. Compared with single-stage high-order optical filters with the same number of MRs,the demonstrated structure has comparable performances in the aspects of passband flatness, rolling-off slope and insertion loss. Moreover, the architecture relaxes the fabrication tolerance, electrical wiring and tuning difficulty since there are only two MRs in each stage. We experimentally demonstrate this kind of optical filter with five stages, which shows a 3-dB bandwidth of ~17 GHz, a rolling-off slope of ~5 dB/GHz and an on-chip insertion loss of ~6 dB.
