High-performance gas sensor with symmetry-protected quasi-bound states in the continuum

A high-performance optical sensor with a vertical cavity structure comprising high-contrast gratings (HCGs) and a distributed Bragg reflector was designed. The structure has two peaks with different mechanisms, among which the first peak is formed by breaking the symmetry of the structure and coupli...

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Veröffentlicht in:Optics express 2023-10, Vol.31 (22), p.36228-36235
Hauptverfasser: Hu, Jinhua, Guan, Hui, Liu, Xiuhong, Ren, Danping, Zhao, Jijun
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A high-performance optical sensor with a vertical cavity structure comprising high-contrast gratings (HCGs) and a distributed Bragg reflector was designed. The structure has two peaks with different mechanisms, among which the first peak is formed by breaking the symmetry of the structure and coupling between the incident wave and the symmetric protection mode. The joint action of the HCG resonance and Fabry–Perot resonance formed a second peak. Moreover, changing the structural parameters, such as the grating width, period, and cavity length, can tune the spectral reflection dips. The sensitivity of the designed structure was as high as 674 nm/RIU, and the corresponding figure of merit was approximately 34741. The presented gas sensor provides a method for applying a vertical cavity structure to the sensing domain.
ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/OE.501032