Enhanced Evanescent Field Spectroscopy at Waveguide Surfaces using High Index Nano and Near-Nano Layers

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2010-12-07

arxiv.org/abs/1012.1426v1

Optical Materials Express, Vol. 1, Issue 2, pp. 192-200 (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Scientific paper

10.1364/OME.1.000192

We propose and demonstrate, through simulation and experiment, how the interaction of an optical field within a waveguide designed for chemical sensing and, more generally, evanescent field spectroscopy can be enhanced substantially by strategic deposition of high index surface layers. These layers draw out the optical field in the vicinity of probing and take advantage of field localisation through optical impedance matching. Localisation of the evanescent field to the inner layer in turn is accompanied by whispering gallery modes within the channels of a structured cylindrical waveguide, further enhancing sensitivity. A novel demonstration based on self-assembled layers made up of TiO2 within a structured optical fibre is demonstrated, using a simple porphyrin as the spectroscopic probe. This technique offers optimisation of the limitations imposed on practical waveguide sensors that are highly sensitive but nearly always at the expense of low loss. The principles have potential ramifications for nanophotonics more generally and these are discussed.

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