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  • 1Department of Electrical Engineering, The City College of New York, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031, USA.

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Area of Science:

  • Optoelectronics
  • Nanophotonics
  • Integrated Photonics

Background:

  • On-chip optical sensing systems are crucial for field diagnostics and in-situ measurements.
  • Existing systems often require external signal processing, limiting miniaturization.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present an integrated planar waveguide grating sensor with a photodetector (PD) for compact, chip-scale optical sensing.
  • To demonstrate its capability for spectral discrimination and refractive index sensing.

Main Methods:

  • Integration of a III-V semiconductor thin-film PD with a polymer waveguide grating on a silicon platform.
  • Fabrication using a post-integration process compatible with silicon complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) electronics.

Main Results:

  • Successful discrimination of optical spectral characteristics of the polymer waveguide grating by the on-chip PD.
  • Demonstration of the sensor's potential for refractive index sensing.
  • Fabrication of a planar waveguide structure allowing for multiple sensing regions with integrated PDs.

Conclusions:

  • The developed sensor chip is a compact, chip-scale optical sensing system.
  • It enables simultaneous monitoring of multiple physical parameters without external signal processing.
  • The post-integration process is compatible with CMOS electronics, paving the way for advanced integrated optical sensing.