• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 6, Issue 6, 506 (2018)
Qingyang Du1, Zhengqian Luo2、*, Huikai Zhong1、3, Yifei Zhang1, Yizhong Huang2, Tuanjie Du2, Wei Zhang4, Tian Gu1, and Juejun Hu1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
  • 2Department of Electronic Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
  • 3College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
  • 4Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Materials and Devices of Zhejiang Province, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.6.000506 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Qingyang Du, Zhengqian Luo, Huikai Zhong, Yifei Zhang, Yizhong Huang, Tuanjie Du, Wei Zhang, Tian Gu, Juejun Hu. Chip-scale broadband spectroscopic chemical sensing using an integrated supercontinuum source in a chalcogenide glass waveguide[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(6): 506 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    On-chip spectroscopic sensors have attracted increasing attention for portable and field-deployable chemical detection applications. So far, these sensors largely rely on benchtop tunable lasers for spectroscopic interrogation. Large footprint and mechanical fragility of the sources, however, preclude compact sensing system integration. In this paper, we address the challenge through demonstrating, for the first time to our knowledge, a supercontinuum source integrated on-chip spectroscopic sensor, where we leverage nonlinear Ge22Sb18Se60 chalcogenide glass waveguides as a unified platform for both broadband supercontinuum generation and chemical detection. A home-built, palm-sized femtosecond laser centering at 1560 nm wavelength was used as the pumping source. Sensing capability of the system was validated through quantifying the optical absorption of chloroform solutions at 1695 nm. This work represents an important step towards realizing a miniaturized spectroscopic sensing system based on photonic chips.
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    Qingyang Du, Zhengqian Luo, Huikai Zhong, Yifei Zhang, Yizhong Huang, Tuanjie Du, Wei Zhang, Tian Gu, Juejun Hu. Chip-scale broadband spectroscopic chemical sensing using an integrated supercontinuum source in a chalcogenide glass waveguide[J]. Photonics Research, 2018, 6(6): 506
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