Publications by Armando Cosentino

Slot waveguide cavity : from fabrication to characterization and sensing applications

EPFL2013

Refractive index sensor based on slot waveguide cavity

Hans Peter Herzig, Qing Tan, Armando Cosentino

The experimental study of a gold slot waveguide cavity is presented. The resonance of this cavity working in the telecom wavelength range is highly dependent on the refractive index of the medium located in or around the slots array, because of the high co ...

European Optical Soc2012

In-plane illuminated metallic annular aperture array for sensing application

Hans Peter Herzig, Qing Tan, Armando Cosentino

We propose here an application to sensing of annular aperture arrays (AAA). We theoretically investigate the optical properties of the reflective AAA device when illuminated in-plane. The cavity presents almost perfect absorption due to the waveguide mode ...

Optical Society of America2012

Theoretical and experimental study of a 30nm metallic slot array

Hans Peter Herzig, Qing Tan, Armando Cosentino

We present the simulation, fabrication, and characterization of a metallic slot grating on a silicon waveguide (30nm slot width for a period of 500nm). According to the simulation, the experimental measured spectrum of the structure exhibits a dip in the n ...

2011

Fabrication of slot waveguide cavity for sensing application

Hans Peter Herzig, Qing Tan, Armando Cosentino

The fabrication of a slot waveguide cavity oriented to sensing application is demonstrated. The choice of materials and the development of the process flow steps, including E-beam lithography (EBL) and metal lift-off of a single thin layer, are illustrated ...

2010

Metallic Optical Nanostructures: a Solution for Planar Integrated Sensors on Waveguides

Hans Peter Herzig, Qing Tan, Armando Cosentino

We study the optical properties of two different metallic nanostructure arrays for lable-free sensing applications. The sensors are optimized to detect refractive index (RI) variations. The optical interaction between light and analyte is enhanced by field ...

2010

Switchable photonic crystal cavity by liquid crystal infiltration

Hans Peter Herzig, Toralf Scharf, Vincent Paeder, Pierre-Yves Baroni, Qing Tan, Armando Cosentino

We report on the fabrication and optical characterization of a switchable photonic crystal nanocavity actuated by liquid crystals. This device acts as a filter presenting a transmission peak around the telecom wavelength λ = 1550 nm. Passing from the isotr ...

European Optical Society2010