• Sensitive on-chip methane detection with a cryptophane-A cladded Mach-Zehnder interferometer 

      Dullo, Firehun Tsige; Lindecrantz, Susan; Jagerska, Jana; Hansen, Jørn H; Engqvist, Stig Olov Magnus; Solbø, Stian; Hellesø, Olav Gaute (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-11-24)
      We report a methane sensor based on an integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer, which is cladded by a styrene-acrylonitrile film incorporating cryptophane-A. Cryptophane-A is a supramolecular compound able to selectively trap methane, and its presence in the cladding leads to a 17-fold sensitivity enhancement. Our approach, based on 3 cm-long low-loss Si3N4 rib waveguides, results in a detection limit ...