We propose a force sensor, with optical detection, based on a reconfigurable multicavity photonic molecule distributed over two parallel photonic crystal membranes. The system spectral behaviour is described with an analytical model based on coupled mode theory and validated by finite difference time domain simulations. The deformation of the upper photonic crystal membrane, due to a localized vertical force, is monitored by the relative spectral positions of the photonic molecule resonances. The proposed system can act both as force sensor, with pico-newton sensitivity, able to identify the position where the force is applied, and as torque sensor able to measure the torsion of the membrane along two perpendicular directions.

Multimode photonic molecules for advanced force sensing / Granchi N.; Petruzzella M.; Balestri D.; Fiore A.; Gurioli M.; Intonti F.. - In: OPTICS EXPRESS. - ISSN 1094-4087. - ELETTRONICO. - 27:(2019), pp. 37579-37589. [10.1364/OE.27.037579]

Multimode photonic molecules for advanced force sensing

Granchi N.;Balestri D.;Gurioli M.;Intonti F.
2019

Abstract

We propose a force sensor, with optical detection, based on a reconfigurable multicavity photonic molecule distributed over two parallel photonic crystal membranes. The system spectral behaviour is described with an analytical model based on coupled mode theory and validated by finite difference time domain simulations. The deformation of the upper photonic crystal membrane, due to a localized vertical force, is monitored by the relative spectral positions of the photonic molecule resonances. The proposed system can act both as force sensor, with pico-newton sensitivity, able to identify the position where the force is applied, and as torque sensor able to measure the torsion of the membrane along two perpendicular directions.
2019
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37579
37589
Granchi N.; Petruzzella M.; Balestri D.; Fiore A.; Gurioli M.; Intonti F.
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