TY - JOUR A1 - Bondarenko, Siegfried A1 - Hülsemann, Marcel A1 - Mai, Andreas A1 - Steglich, Patrick T1 - Fiber-to-chip light coupling using a graded-index lensed fiber collimator JF - Optical Engineering N2 - Fiber-to-chip light coupling using a graded-index (GRIN) fiber collimator is investigated. Our experiments with grating couplers and strip waveguides fabricated in a photonic integrated circuit technology reveal that the peak coupling efficiency of a GRIN fiber collimator is 7.8 dB lower than that of a single-mode fiber. However, the 3-dB alignment tolerance is improved by a factor of about 5.7 giving rise to pluggable sensor solutions. This work opens a path toward a cost-effective and portable sensor platform based on pluggable photonic biosensors using GRIN fiber collimators. Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-13749 SN - 1560-2303 VL - 60 IS - 1 PB - SPIE ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Steglich, Patrick A1 - Hülsemann, Marcel A1 - Dietzel, Birgit A1 - Mai, Andreas T1 - Optical Biosensors Based on Silicon-On-Insulator Ring Resonators: A Review JF - Molecules N2 - Recent developments in optical biosensors based on integrated photonic devices are reviewed with a special emphasis on silicon-on-insulator ring resonators. The review is mainly devoted to the following aspects: (1) Principles of sensing mechanism, (2) sensor design, (3) biofunctionalization procedures for specific molecule detection and (4) system integration and measurement set-ups. The inherent challenges of implementing photonics-based biosensors to meet specific requirements of applications in medicine, food analysis, and environmental monitoring are discussed. KW - biosensor KW - biophotonics KW - integrated optical sensor KW - aptamer KW - biomaterial KW - optical sensor KW - silicon photonics KW - ring resonator KW - lab-on-a-chip Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-10822 SN - 1420-3049 VL - 24 IS - 3 ER -