B2.1 - Demonstration of gas detection based on MEMS suspended cantilever and on-chip optical read-out

Event
AMA Conferences 2015
2015-05-19 - 2015-05-21
Nürnberg, Germany
Band
Proceedings SENSOR 2015
Chapter
B2 - MEMS & NEMS
Author(s)
M. Zawierta, G. Putrino, M. Martyniuk, K. Dilusha Silva, L. Faraone, A. Keating, R. Woodward, J. Dell - The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA (Australia), M. Myers - Hydrocarbon Detection Team, CSIRO (Australia), R. Jeffery - Panorama Synergy Ltd (Australia)
Pages
212 - 215
DOI
10.5162/sensor2015/B2.1
ISBN
978-3-9813484-8-4
Price
free

Abstract

We demonstrate a toluene sensor based on the combination of integrated silicon photonics and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). An integrated silicon photonics approach was used to create an optically resonant microcavity for monitoring the position of a cantilever. The demonstrated integrated cantilever read-out technology has the potential to provide physically robust chemical or biological sensors with picometer resolution for real world applications.

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