• Sub-ppm Methane Detection with Mid-Infrared Slot Waveguides 

      Yallew, Henock Demessie; Vlk, Marek; Datta, Anurup; Alberti, Sebastian; Zakoldaev, Roman A.; Høvik, Jens; Aksnes, Astrid; Jagerska, Jana (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-11-21)
      Hybrid integration of photonic chips with electronic and micromechanical circuits is projected to bring about miniature, but still highly accurate and reliable, laser spectroscopic sensors for both climate research and industrial applications. However, the sensitivity of chip-scale devices has been limited by immature and lossy photonic waveguides, weak light–analyte interaction, and etalon effects ...
    • Waveguide asymmetric long-period grating couplers as refractive index sensors 

      Høvik, Jens; Yadav, Mukesh; Noh, Jong Wook; Aksnes, Astrid (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-29)
      A highly sensitive integrated photonic transducer is designed by utilizing asymmetric long-period gratings on a silicon waveguide. These gratings are formed by periodic perturbation of the waveguide width, leading to coupling between the fundamental mode and the 1st order asymmetric leaky mode. The coupled modes are studied via finite-element and finite-difference time-domain methods. Only a single ...