Design and analysis of serially coupled double microring resonator based force sensor for 1μN range measurement

We report the design and analysis of a serially coupled double microring resonator based force sensor for 1μN range measurement. The change in the applied force can be monitored by change in the resonant wavelength shift at drop port of the double microring resonator. The current force sensor can me...

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Published in:Optik (Stuttgart) 2017-02, Vol.131, p.1063-1070
Main Authors: Kolli, Venkateswara Rao, Srinivasulu, Tupakula, Hegde, Gopalkrishna, Badrinarayana, T, Talabattula, Srinivas
Format: Article
Language:English
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Force sensor
Microcantilever
Microring resonator
Photo elastic effect
Vernier effect
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Summary:We report the design and analysis of a serially coupled double microring resonator based force sensor for 1μN range measurement. The change in the applied force can be monitored by change in the resonant wavelength shift at drop port of the double microring resonator. The current force sensor can measure the force range of 0–1μN. The estimated resonant wavelength shift is 0.1nm per 1μN force. This force sensor provides large FSR of 114nm, low FWHM of 0.08nm and high Q-factor 19,000 compared to the force sensor based on single microring. This proposed device can be employed for sensing smaller forces in aerospace, automobile and other harsh environmental applications. This sensor can also be used as displacement, pressure sensor and accelerometer by appropriate change in the design.
ISSN:0030-4026
1618-1336
DOI:10.1016/j.ijleo.2016.11.212