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ArticleScientific reports2023

Highly efficient and selective integrated directional couplers for multigas sensing applications.

Ajmal Thottoli, Gabriele Biagi, Artem S Vorobev, Marilena Giglio, Giovanni Magno, Liam O'Faolain, Marco Grande

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Ajmal Thottoli *Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Politecnico di Bari, 70126, Bari, Italy. ajmal.thottoli@poliba.it.
Gabriele Biagi *Centre for Advanced Photonics and Process Analysis, Munster Technological University, Cork, T12 T66T, Ireland.
Artem S Vorobev *Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Politecnico di Bari, 70126, Bari, Italy.
Marilena GiglioPolySense Lab, Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, University and Politecnico of Bari, Via Amendola 173, 70126, Bari, Italy.
Giovanni MagnoDepartment of Electrical and Information Engineering, Politecnico di Bari, 70126, Bari, Italy.
Liam O'FaolainCentre for Advanced Photonics and Process Analysis, Munster Technological University, Cork, T12 T66T, Ireland.
Marco GrandeDepartment of Electrical and Information Engineering, Politecnico di Bari, 70126, Bari, Italy.

Funding

H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions 860808Horizon 2020 Framework Programme 101016956Regione Puglia REFIN Action 10.4 - DGR 1991/2018 - Notice 2/FSE/2020 n. 57 of 13/05/2019 (BURP n. 52 of 16/06/2019)
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Abstract

The design and fabrication of a compact, low-loss, broadband directional coupler (DC) based duplexer operating in the near-infrared (NIR) region are demonstrated. The duplexer exhibits high selectivity and coupling efficiency (CE), for target wavelengths of 1530 nm and 1653.7 nm, making it applicable in systems for the multi-gas detection of ammonia and methane. The measured CE for the duplexer is 73% and 76% at 1530 nm and 1653.7 nm respectively. These results demonstrate the effectiveness of the duplexer as a broadband and scalable power source for highly sensitive sensing techniques, like quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy (QEPAS). Its compact size and low-loss characteristics make it highly portable and well-suited for drone-based multi-gas detection applications.

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