Guided beam deflection method: a novel alternative for designing integrated optical sensors

Joel Villatoro; Augusto Garcia-Valenzuela; Alfonso Serrano-Heredia

doi:10.1117/12.328660

4 December 1998 Guided-beam deflection method: a novel alternative for designing integrated optical sensors

Joel Villatoro, Augusto Garcia-Valenzuela, Alfonso Serrano-Heredia

Proceedings Volume 3491, 1998 International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology III: Closing the Gap between Theory, Development, and Applications; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.328660
Event: 1998 International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology, 1998, Ottawa, Canada

Abstract

In this work the Guided Beam Deflection Method is introduced as a potential tool to design a variety of low-cost IO sensors. A theoretical analysis of the propagation and deflection of confined Gaussian beams in slab waveguides is given. The proposed method is compared to interferometric techniques in terms of sensitivity. It is found that both techniques have sensitivities of the same order of magnitude, however, IO beam deflection sensors may be less expensive than interferometric ones.

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Joel Villatoro, Augusto Garcia-Valenzuela, and Alfonso Serrano-Heredia "Guided-beam deflection method: a novel alternative for designing integrated optical sensors", Proc. SPIE 3491, 1998 International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology III: Closing the Gap between Theory, Development, and Applications, (4 December 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.328660

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