Ultrawide-range refractive-index sensor based on asymmetric integrated Y-junction optical waveguide

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dc.contributor.authorPhongwisit, P.
dc.contributor.authorKamoldilok, S.
dc.contributor.authorLimsuwan, P.
dc.contributor.authorSrinuanjan, K.
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-06T10:39:57Z
dc.date.available2026-08-06T10:39:57Z
dc.date.issued2023-01-01
dc.description.abstractWe present a novel ultrawide-range refractive index (RI) sensor based on an asymmetric Y-junction optical splitter. A cylindrically shaped rod with a diameter of 350 nm and a height of 1000 nm with a different RI is inserted into a junction of the asymmetric Y-junction waveguide. This rod serves as a sensing area. Our sensor is simulated using a finite-difference time-domain technique. The splitting ratio is studied for the cases of two operating wavelengths, 1480 and 1550 nm. The results show that the splitting ratio can be described as a parabolic function of the RI of the sensing area at both operating wavelengths. An approximately linear relationship between the splitting ratio and the RI occurs in a narrower RI region of 1.00–1.50, thus enabling to design an ultrawide-range RI sensor. The sensor sensitivities at the wavelengths 1480 and 1550 nm are equal respectively to 0.2653 and –0.4908 RIU<sup>–1</sup>, with the corresponding R<sup>2</sup> parameters amounting to 0.9889 and 0.9777. Our device can serve as an ultrawide-range optical RI sensor for identification of micro-scale biochemical or chemical specimens.
dc.identifier.citationUkrainian Journal of Physical Optics, 24(2), 161-171, 2023
dc.identifier.doi10.3116/16091833/24/2/161/2023
dc.identifier.issn16091833
dc.identifier.other2-s2.0-85163058303
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.kmitl.ac.th/handle/123456789/14007
dc.sourceUkrainian Journal of Physical Optics
dc.subjectintegrated photonics
dc.subjectintensity-shift sensors
dc.subjectrefractive-index sensors
dc.subjectY-junction waveguides
dc.titleUltrawide-range refractive-index sensor based on asymmetric integrated Y-junction optical waveguide
dc.typeArticle

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