Title :
Photonic temperature sensor based on microring resonators
Author :
Xu, Hao ; Hafezi, M. ; Fan, Jintao ; Migdall, A. ; Strouse, G. ; Ahmed, Zabir ; Taylor, J.M.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Abstract :
We present an experimental analysis on a photonic temperature sensor based on microring resonators, and we show that the sensitivity can be better than 40μK, which is limited by technical noise.
Keywords :
micro-optics; microcavities; microsensors; optical noise; optical resonators; optical sensors; temperature sensors; microring resonators; photonic temperature sensor; technical noise limit; Measurement by laser beam; Noise; Noise measurement; Optical ring resonators; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
