DocumentCode
1771642
Title
Nanobeam photonic crystal cavity based multifunctional gas-phase chemical sensor
Author
Yu Chen ; Fegadolli, William S. ; Jones, Maxwell ; Scherer, Axel ; Mo Li
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
8-13 June 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
By applying chemical functionalization to a nanobeam photonic crystal cavity, an ultrasensitive gas-phase chemical sensor was demonstrated. Its nonlinear thermo-optical bi-stability is utilized to realize a novel threshold detector for cumulative chemical exposure.
Keywords
chemical sensors; nanophotonics; nanosensors; optical bistability; photonic crystals; thermo-optical effects; chemical functionalization; cumulative chemical exposure; multifunctional gas-phase chemical sensor; nanobeam photonic crystal cavity; nonlinear thermooptical bistability; threshold detector; ultrasensitive gas-phase chemical sensor; Cavity resonators; Optical bistability; Optical imaging; Optical polymers; Optical sensors; Photonic crystals; Q-factor;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6989536
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