Tuning properties of long-period gratings by atomic layer deposited zinc oxide nano-coating

Mateusz Śmietana; Marcin Myśliwiec; Jakub Grochowski; Wojtek J. Bock; Predrag Mikulic; Łukasz Wachnicki; Bartłomiej S. Witkowski; Marek Godlewski

doi:10.1117/12.2025800

20 May 2013 Tuning properties of long-period gratings by atomic layer deposited zinc oxide nano-coating

Mateusz Śmietana, Marcin Myśliwiec, Jakub Grochowski, Wojtek J. Bock, Predrag Mikulic, Łukasz Wachnicki, Bartłomiej S. Witkowski, Marek Godlewski

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Proceedings Volume 8794, Fifth European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors; 879413 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2025800
Event: Fifth European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors, 2013, Krakow, Poland

Abstract

This work presents an application of thin zinc oxide (ZnO) films obtained using atomic layer deposition (ALD) for effective tuning of spectral response and the refractive-index (RI) sensitivity of long-period gratings (LPGs). The technique allows for an efficient and well controlled deposition at monolayer level of excellent quality nano-films as required for optical sensors. The effect of ZnO deposition on spectral properties of the LPGs is discussed. We correlated the increase in ZnO thickness with the shift of the LPG resonance wavelength and proved that similar films are deposited on fibers and silicon reference samples in the same process run. The thin overlay effectively changes the distribution of the cladding modes and thus also tunes the device’s RI sensitivity. The tuning can be simply realized by varying number of cycles, which is proportional to thickness of the high-refractive-index (n<1.9 in infrared spectral range) ZnO film. The advantage of this approach is precision in determining the film thickness resulting in RI sensitivity of the LPGs.

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Mateusz Śmietana, Marcin Myśliwiec, Jakub Grochowski, Wojtek J. Bock, Predrag Mikulic, Łukasz Wachnicki, Bartłomiej S. Witkowski, and Marek Godlewski "Tuning properties of long-period gratings by atomic layer deposited zinc oxide nano-coating", Proc. SPIE 8794, Fifth European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors, 879413 (20 May 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2025800

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