• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 14, Issue 3, 031301 (2016)
Bing Wei, Changyun Zhao, Gencheng Wang, Tingge Dai, Jianyi Yang, Kejiang Zhou, and Yubo Li*
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  • College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, HangZhou, 310027, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201614.031301 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Bing Wei, Changyun Zhao, Gencheng Wang, Tingge Dai, Jianyi Yang, Kejiang Zhou, Yubo Li. Silicon photonic current sensor based on multimode interference[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(3): 031301 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic of experiment setup for the proposed current sensor. PC: polarization controller.
    Fig. 1. Schematic of experiment setup for the proposed current sensor. PC: polarization controller.
    (a) Schematic diagram of the butt-coupling and the designed SMSW for mode motivation using the on-chip offset launch technique. (b) The SEM photograph of the fabricated silicon-based SMSW. (c) Simulated images of the two eigenmodes.
    Fig. 2. (a) Schematic diagram of the butt-coupling and the designed SMSW for mode motivation using the on-chip offset launch technique. (b) The SEM photograph of the fabricated silicon-based SMSW. (c) Simulated images of the two eigenmodes.
    Effective refractive index change of the two modes with the change of temperature, Δneff0 for TE0 mode and Δneff1 for TE1 mode.
    Fig. 3. Effective refractive index change of the two modes with the change of temperature, Δneff0 for TE0 mode and Δneff1 for TE1 mode.
    Measured output spectrum versus current of the proposed sensor.
    Fig. 4. Measured output spectrum versus current of the proposed sensor.
    Variations in the wavelength shift with current.
    Fig. 5. Variations in the wavelength shift with current.
    Bing Wei, Changyun Zhao, Gencheng Wang, Tingge Dai, Jianyi Yang, Kejiang Zhou, Yubo Li. Silicon photonic current sensor based on multimode interference[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(3): 031301
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