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Abstract

A Silicon waveguide incorporating a vertical slot filled with Al+3 doped ZnO is proposed for gas sensing. The effect of different device parameters, namely, slot-height, slot-width and Si-width on two key optical features related to sensing, that is, difference in effective index and differential modal loss, before and after the exposure to gas are investigated using a fully-vectorial finite element method. The optimized sensor with a slot height of 400 nm, slot width of 100 nm and Si width of 65 nm yields the effective index difference of ~0.285 and differential loss ~4.35 dB/μm, indicating a viable device for gas sensing applications. Detailed numerical analyses also reveal that, at some structural parameters, two anti-crossing modes appear which can significantly alter the device performances and thus should be avoided.

Publication Type:	Article
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Publisher Keywords:	Slot waveguide, Sensors
Subjects:	T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Departments:	School of Science & Technology > Engineering
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Administrator

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