Combination of guided mode and photometric optical metrology methods for precise determination of refractive index dispersion: application to polymer blend and ceramic thin films for gas sensors

Optical Engineering Volume: 52 Issue: 9 Published: 2013

(a) Three-dimensional representation of the m-lines prism coupler system and (b) schematic representation showing the geometrical parameters linked to find the propagation constant.

Writers: Thomas Wood, Judikaël Le Rouzo, François Flory, Paul Coudray, Valmor Roberto Mastelaro, Pedro Pelissari, Sergio Zilio

Keywords: sensor; gas; method

Abstract: Two optical techniques, m-lines and spectroscopic ellipsometry, are compared for their suitability for obtaining the wavelength and the temperature dispersion of the refractive index of thin-film layers used in gas detector devices. Two types of materials that are often integrated into gas sensors are studied: a polymer organic–inorganic blend deposited by spin coating typically used in near-infrared waveguides and the ceramic semiconductor SrTi1xFexO3SrTi1−xFexO3 (strontium titanate) doped with iron at concentrations x=0.075x=0.075 and 0.1 deposited by electron beam deposition. The refractive index dispersion obtained by m-lines and ellipsometry is compared, and the differences between the measured parameters for the two materials are discussed. The chromatic dispersion will be represented by a three-term Cauchy law. An intuitive method for verifying the measured indices using an integrating sphere and reflexion coefficient modeling techniques are also demonstrated. Thermo-optic coefficients in the order of 1×104/K−1×10−4/K for both materials are reported, and very low chromatic dispersions are also measured, thanks to the high sensitivity of the m-lines technique. The uniaxial anisotropic properties of the polymer-blend films are measured and discussed in the case of the semiconductor films.

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DOI: 10.1117/1.oe.52.9.094104

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