Silicon-photonics-based waveguide Bragg grating sensor for blood glucose monitoring

Opt Express. 2022 Nov 7;30(23):41554-41566. doi: 10.1364/OE.472137.

Abstract

We demonstrated the design of two different structures, a two-sided structure and a top-surface structure, of glucose waveguide Bragg grating (WBG) sensors in a single-mode silicon-on-insulator (SOI) chip. A two-sided WBG structure was fabricated, and chip preparation was realized by lithography and other processes. A photonic platform for testing the two-sided WBG using glucose was built and completed. When the blood glucose concentration changed by 1 mg/mL, the two-sided WBG had a wavelength offset of 78 pm. The experimental results show that the two structures can achieve the sensing of different blood glucose concentrations. The two-sided WBG had better sensing performance and thus has a wide range of application prospects.

MeSH terms

  • Blood Glucose
  • Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring
  • Equipment Design
  • Optics and Photonics*
  • Refractometry
  • Silicon* / chemistry

Substances

  • Silicon
  • Blood Glucose