Integrated Optical Chemical Sensor Based on an SOI Ring Resonator Using Phase-Interrogation

Integrated Optical Chemical Sensor Based on an SOI Ring Resonator Using Phase-Interrogation

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A phase-interrogation approach for the bulk refractive index sensing based on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) ring resonator is introduced.The rapid phase variation around the resonance of the ring resonator Hob is interrogated, and a single-sideband generation and coherent detection technology is adopted for the phase measurement.In the proposed approach, most of the intensity noise can be shielded, which leads to an ultra-stable reading for the phase signals.

A sensitivity of 6 × 103 rad/RIU and a detection Towel Bar limit of 2.5 × 10-6 RIU are demonstrated.