Hostname: page-component-76fb5796d-zzh7m Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-26T00:26:15.816Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Near-UV background as a bridge between visible and infrared communication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2014

M. Vieira ,
M. A. Vieira ,
V. Silva ,
I. Rodrigues  and
P. Louro
M. Vieira
Affiliation:
Electronics Telecommunication and Computer Dept. ISEL, R. Conselheiro Emídio Navarro, 1959-007 Lisboa, Portugal CTS-UNINOVA, Quinta da Torre, Monte da Caparica, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal. DEE-FCT-UNL, Quinta da Torre, Monte da Caparica, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal
M. A. Vieira
Affiliation:
Electronics Telecommunication and Computer Dept. ISEL, R. Conselheiro Emídio Navarro, 1959-007 Lisboa, Portugal CTS-UNINOVA, Quinta da Torre, Monte da Caparica, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal.
V. Silva
Affiliation:
Electronics Telecommunication and Computer Dept. ISEL, R. Conselheiro Emídio Navarro, 1959-007 Lisboa, Portugal CTS-UNINOVA, Quinta da Torre, Monte da Caparica, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal.
I. Rodrigues
Affiliation:
Electronics Telecommunication and Computer Dept. ISEL, R. Conselheiro Emídio Navarro, 1959-007 Lisboa, Portugal
P. Louro
Affiliation:
Electronics Telecommunication and Computer Dept. ISEL, R. Conselheiro Emídio Navarro, 1959-007 Lisboa, Portugal CTS-UNINOVA, Quinta da Torre, Monte da Caparica, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal.
Get access

Abstract

In this paper we present a monolithically integrated wavelength selector based on a multilayer pi’n/pin a-SiC:H integrated optical filter that requires appropriate near-ultraviolet steady states optical switches to select the desired wavelengths in the VIS-NIR ranges.

Results show that the background intensity works as a selector in the infrared/visible regions, shifting the sensor sensitivity. Low intensities select the NIR range while high intensities select the visible part accordingly to its wavelength. Here, the optical gain is very high in the red range, decreases in the green range, and stays near one in the blue region decreasing strongly in the near-UV range. The transfer characteristics effects due to changes in steady state light intensity and wavelength backgrounds are presented. The relationship between the optical inputs and the output signal is established when a multiplexed signal is analyzed.

Keywords

amorphoussensoroptical properties
Type
Articles
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1666: Symposium A – Film-Silicon Science and Technology , 2014 , mrss14-1666-a12-07
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2014 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

Zhongwen, Z., 2008 Jornal of Multimedia Ubiquitous Engineering, 3, NO. 4, pp.17–24.Google Scholar
Yupapin, P.P., Chunpang, P. 2009, Int. J. Light Electron. Opt., 120(18) pp. 976–979.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ibrahim, S., Luo, L. W., Djordjevic, S. S., Poitras, C. B., Zhou, I., Fontaine, N. K., Guan, B., Ding, Z., Okamoto, K., Lipson, M., and Yoo, S. J. B., 21 Mar 2010, paper OWJ5. Optical Fiber Communications Conference, OSA/OFC/NFOEC, San Diego.Google Scholar
Vieira, M., Louro, P., Fernandes, M., Vieira, M. A., Fantoni, A. and Costa, J. Advances in Photodiodes, InTech, Chap.19, pp:403–425 (2011).Google Scholar
Vieira, M. A., Vieira, M., Costa, J., Louro, P., Fernandes, M., Fantoni, A., Sensors & Transducers Journal, 9, Special Issue, December 2010, pp.96–120.Google Scholar
Vieira, M.A., Louro, P., Vieira, M., Fantoni, A., Steiger-Garção, A., 2012 IEEE sensor jornal, 12, NO. 6, pp. 1755–1762.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Vieira, M. A., Vieira, M., Louro, P., Silva, V. and Garção, A. S., 2013 Journal of Physics: Conference Series 421 012011 (March 2013) doi:10.1088/1742–6596/421/1/012011 Google Scholar