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Glass/Ta2O5 Composite Waveguides for Application as an Integrated Polarimetric Interferometer.
- Source :
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Chinese Physics Letters . Oct2010, Vol. 27 Issue 10, p104206-104206. 1p. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- A tapered thin film of Ta2O5 was deposited by the masked sputtering method on a single-mode slab glass waveguide to form a composite optical waveguide (COWG) with a great modal birefringence. With the prism-coupling method the COWG was used as an integrated polarimetric interferometer for real-time detection of chemical and biological measurands. The refractive-index sensitivity of the interferometer was examined, and the refractive-index increments of different aqueous solutions were determined with the device. Response of the interferometer to protein adsorption and that to water temperature were investigated. The experimental results indicate that an increase of DT = 1degC for the temperature of water in the measuring chamber can lead to a phase-difference change of Dph = [?]28.5deg. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0256307X
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Chinese Physics Letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 54844384
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0256-307X/27/10/104206