Title :
The segmented waveguide sensor: principle and experiments
Author :
van Lith, J. ; Lambeck, P.V. ; Hoekstra, H.J.W.M. ; Heideman, R.G. ; Wijn, R.R.
Author_Institution :
MESA-Inst., Univ. of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Abstract :
A novel type of chemooptical sensor has been designed, fabricated, and characterized. The sensor is simple to fabricate, places low demands on light source quality, and shows a resolution of the chemically induced refractive-index changes better than 5.10/sup -7/.
Keywords :
chemical sensors; integrated optics; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical sensors; optical waveguides; refractive index; chemically-induced refractive-index changes; chemooptical sensor; segmented waveguide sensor; Chemical sensors; Light sources; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Guided-wave optics; integrated optics; segmented waveguides; sensing;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2004.834982
