• DocumentCode
    3688136
  • Title

    Compact silicon photonic refractometric sensor for atmospheric CO2 gas monitoring

  • Author

    Guangcan Mi;Cameron Horvath;Mirwais Aktary;Vien Van

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, T6G 2V4
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    619
  • Lastpage
    620
  • Abstract
    We report the first integrated refractometric sensor capable of detecting atmospheric CO2 gas concentration levels. The sensor employs a microring resonator functionalized with a guanidine polymer and can detect CO2 concentrations down to 250ppm with a 25ppm resolution.
  • Keywords
    "Sensitivity","Polymers","Optical resonators","Refractive index","Monitoring","Temperature sensors"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2015
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2015.7323577
  • Filename
    7323577