On-chip integrated differential optical microring refractive index sensing platform based on a laminar flow scheme

Opt Lett. 2015 Sep 1;40(17):4106-9. doi: 10.1364/OL.40.004106.

Abstract

We propose an on-chip integrated differential optical microring refractive index sensing platform which leverages laminar flow conditions. Close spacing between a sensing and a reference resonator, and sharing the same microfluidic channel allows the two resonators to experience similar environmental disturbances, such as temperature fluctuations and fluidic-induced transients, achieving reliable and sensitive sensing performance. We obtain a noise floor of 80.0 MHz (0.3 pm) and a bulk refractive index sensitivity of 17.0 THz per refractive index unit (RIU) (64.2 nm/RIU), achieving a limit of detection of 1.4×10(-5) RIU in a 30 min and an 8°C window.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Lab-On-A-Chip Devices*
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Refractometry / instrumentation*
  • Time Factors
  • Water

Substances

  • Water