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On-Chip Silicon Waveguide Bragg Grating Photonic Temperature Sensor
Published
Author(s)
Nikolai Klimov, Sunil Mittal, Zeeshan Ahmed, Michaela Berger
Abstract
Resistance thermometry is a time-tested method for temperature measurements. Fundamental limits to resistance-based approaches, spurred our interest in developing photonic temperature sensors as a viable alternative. In this study we demonstrate that our 1st generation photonic thermometer consisted of a silicon waveguide integrated with a Bragg grating can be used to measure temperature changes over the range from 5 C to 160 C with a combined uncertainty [k = 2 ] of 1.25 C. The computational modeling of the sensor predicts the resonance wavelength and effective refractive index within 4% of the measured value. .
Klimov, N.
, Mittal, S.
, Ahmed, Z.
and Berger, M.
(2015),
On-Chip Silicon Waveguide Bragg Grating Photonic Temperature Sensor, Optics Letters, [online], https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.40.003934
(Accessed October 7, 2025)