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Planar waveguide tilted Bragg grating refractometer fabricated through physical micromachining and direct UV writing

Planar waveguide tilted Bragg grating refractometer fabricated through physical micromachining and direct UV writing
Planar waveguide tilted Bragg grating refractometer fabricated through physical micromachining and direct UV writing
A set of rapid prototyping techniques are combined to construct a laterally-tilted Bragg grating refractometer in a novel planar geometry. The tilted Bragg grating is fabricated in a silica-on-silicon planar substrate using a dual beam direct UV writing (DUW) technique. Lateral cladding mode confinement is subsequently achieved by physically micromachining two trenches either side of the direct UV written waveguide. The resulting device is demonstrated as an effective refractometer, displaying a comparable sensitivity to tilted Bragg gratings in a fiber optical geometry, but with the added advantages of planar integration.
1094-4087
12462-12468
Holmes, Christopher
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Carpenter, Lewis
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Rogers, Helen
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Sparrow, Ian J.G.
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Gates, James C.
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Smith, Peter G.R.
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Holmes, Christopher
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Carpenter, Lewis
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Rogers, Helen
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Sparrow, Ian J.G.
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Gates, James C.
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Smith, Peter G.R.
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Holmes, Christopher, Carpenter, Lewis, Rogers, Helen, Sparrow, Ian J.G., Gates, James C. and Smith, Peter G.R. (2011) Planar waveguide tilted Bragg grating refractometer fabricated through physical micromachining and direct UV writing. Optics Express, 19 (13), 12462-12468. (doi:10.1364/OE.19.012462).

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A set of rapid prototyping techniques are combined to construct a laterally-tilted Bragg grating refractometer in a novel planar geometry. The tilted Bragg grating is fabricated in a silica-on-silicon planar substrate using a dual beam direct UV writing (DUW) technique. Lateral cladding mode confinement is subsequently achieved by physically micromachining two trenches either side of the direct UV written waveguide. The resulting device is demonstrated as an effective refractometer, displaying a comparable sensitivity to tilted Bragg gratings in a fiber optical geometry, but with the added advantages of planar integration.

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Published date: June 2011
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 191441
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/191441
ISSN: 1094-4087
PURE UUID: 7ec4aa26-08f8-45a9-addc-8e4105eed719
ORCID for Christopher Holmes: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9021-3760
ORCID for James C. Gates: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8671-5987
ORCID for Peter G.R. Smith: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0319-718X

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Date deposited: 21 Jun 2011 13:03
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:27

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Author: Lewis Carpenter
Author: Helen Rogers
Author: Ian J.G. Sparrow
Author: James C. Gates ORCID iD

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