Abstract

Resonant Optical Devices on Chip for Biomedical Sensing

Yves-Alain Peter, Professor, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal

On chip optical microresonators [1, 2] are compact, robust and can be integrated with micro electro-mechanical components as well as microfuidics. They can efficiently sense acceleration [3], forces [4], gases [5], refractive index of liquids [6] and living cells [7, 8], and bacteria [9]. During the presentation I will give an overview of projects exploiting this new avenue (sensors and tunable devices based on different types of optical microresonators). In-plane Fabry-Pérot microcavities integrated on chip will be specifically highlighted through several different applications.