M. Stonehouse, Yanchao Zhang, B. Guilhabert, I. Watson, E. Gu, J. Herrnsdorf, M. Dawson
{"title":"Digital Illumination in Microscale Direct-Writing Photolithography: Challenges and Trade-Offs","authors":"M. Stonehouse, Yanchao Zhang, B. Guilhabert, I. Watson, E. Gu, J. Herrnsdorf, M. Dawson","doi":"10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658364","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658364","url":null,"abstract":"We explore the adaptation of existing photolithography technologies and introduce the potential for additional functionality in the form of structured light. By using a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) controlled micropixellated light emitting diode (LED) array, features such as object recognition, tracking and characterization are possible in combination with photo-curing. We discuss the observed trade off between the delivered power density and resolution capability of the system due to the requirements of the additional features.","PeriodicalId":145258,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE British and Irish Conference on Optics and Photonics (BICOP)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123488566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Structural Design and Fabrication for Low Loss Y-branched Polymer Waveguide Coupler Devices","authors":"Fukino Nakazaki, T. Ishigure","doi":"10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658333","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658333","url":null,"abstract":"Along with the wide deployment of cloud computing services, the introduction of optical interconnect technology has supported the rapid growth of data throughput in datacenter over the last couple of years. So far, multimode fiber (MMF) links have been widely installed in datacenter networks, hence the limitation of bandwidth distance product of MMF links is a current issue. In the future, wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) transmission technology could be applied even to the MMF links, by which the transmission capacity could increase because multiple optical signals with different wavelengths are multiplexed in one fiber.In, this paper, Y-branched polymer optical waveguide couplers with SI and GI square cores are fabricated using the imprint method in order to apply to a multiplexing (MUX) device in the MMF WDM links. To fabricate low loss MUX devices, three different Y-branch structures are designed and actually fabricated. Then, their optical characteristics are compared. It is confirmed that the loss of GI waveguide is lower than that of SI waveguide, independent of the multiplexing structure, because the light leakage at the multiplexing region (two-cores junction) could be reduced due to the strong light confinement effect.","PeriodicalId":145258,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE British and Irish Conference on Optics and Photonics (BICOP)","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115056505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"BICOP 2018 Copyright and Reprint Permission","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/bicop.2018.8658304","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/bicop.2018.8658304","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":145258,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE British and Irish Conference on Optics and Photonics (BICOP)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134629844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design of Single Prism Coded Aperture Snapshot Spectral Imager using Ray Tracing Simulation","authors":"Mengjia Ding, P. Yuen, M. Richardson","doi":"10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658356","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658356","url":null,"abstract":"Novel imaging systems published in the literature mostly concern with the performance of the final stage of the designed system which normally accompanies with a brief description of the system configuration only. Other information, such as how the system was optimized and the methodology adopted for improving them to their final stage are heavily lacking in the open domain. This paper addresses this issue by providing a guide for the modeling of compressive imaging based on Single Disperser Coded Aperture Snapshot Spectral Imaging (SD-CASSI), with focuses on the optimization of the dispersion capability, the reduction of spatial and chromatic aberrations for enhancing the performance of the SD-CASSI. As an example the system is designed for a numerical aperture of 0.125, 0.3% distortion at central wavelength 587.56 nm, and 32 spectral bands with a spatial resolution of 13 µm. The system was simulated by ray tracing program TracePro.","PeriodicalId":145258,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE British and Irish Conference on Optics and Photonics (BICOP)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134284899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimisation of Gold Nanorod Array for Sensing Applications","authors":"E. Marlow, A. Murphy, R. Pollard","doi":"10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658344","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658344","url":null,"abstract":"Localised surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) based sensors are typically considered less sensitive than surface plasmon resonance (SPR) based devices. Here we present a device which utilizes a gold nanorod array to amplify the LSPR signal and sensitivity for biosensing applications. The device detects protein binding interactions and ensures selectivity to specific binding events by utilizing protein binding pairs. Antibody, anti-Lysozyme was immobilized on the surface to detect immune system enzyme, Lysozyme in solution. The current setup was capable of detecting Lysozyme at nanomolar concentrations (31.25nM). However, the current setup may not be optimized for maximum sensor signal. To determine the optimal setup required, the surface was modelled using finite element method software, COMSOL Multiphysics. In the model, the effect of surface parameters on the sensor signal was investigated. We found that the greatest magnitude of LSPR signal occurred for nanorod arrays with diameter of 25nm, height of 200nm and centre-to-centre spacing of 60nm. The electric field distribution was also calculated and the variation throughout the array was determined. It was found to be strongest in x-direction, at the top and middle of the nanorod at distances of 1nm and 4nm from the surface respectively. If immobilized proteins could be positioned at these distances and position on nanorod, binding interactions would experience greater fields and hence produce a stronger plasmonic response. In addition, protein binding occurring between nanorods at heights above the nanorod midpoint would also experience significantly stronger fields due to enhanced coupling. The results obtained show how the current setup is functional, but could be further modified for optimal sensitivity.","PeriodicalId":145258,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE British and Irish Conference on Optics and Photonics (BICOP)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133921002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Sampaio, V. N. H. Silva, T. Ferreira, A. Barbero, R. Ribeiro, L. Neto, Thiago V. N. Coelho
{"title":"Analysis of 560-nm LED Linearity on DMT Transmission over Step-Index PMMA Optical Fibre","authors":"F. Sampaio, V. N. H. Silva, T. Ferreira, A. Barbero, R. Ribeiro, L. Neto, Thiago V. N. Coelho","doi":"10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658357","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658357","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper it is analysed the impacts of the non-linearity of a fast fluorescent optical source at 560 nm in terms of signal to noise ratio degradation in discrete multitone transmissions. The optical source has been developed at our laboratory to increase the aggregate data bit rate in wavelength division multiplexing systems over plastic optical fibre. The results have shown that even operating outside the linear region of the optical source, it is possible to increase the multi-carrier signal to noise ratio, which leads to a spectral efficiency improvement.","PeriodicalId":145258,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE British and Irish Conference on Optics and Photonics (BICOP)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130761116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Pankratova, A. Vasylchenkova, J. Prilepsky, S. Derevyanko
{"title":"Study of Noise-Induced Signal Corruption for Nonlinear Fourier-Based Optical Transmission","authors":"M. Pankratova, A. Vasylchenkova, J. Prilepsky, S. Derevyanko","doi":"10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/BICOP.2018.8658308","url":null,"abstract":"We study the correlation properties of the amplifier spontaneous emission noise transformed into the nonlinear Fourier (NF) domain for communication systems employing the nonlinear Fourier transform (NFT) based signal processing with OFDM modulation of a continuous spectrum. The effective noise covariance functions are obtained from numerical simulations for propagation distances ∼ 1000 km and different effective NF \"power\" values. It is shown that the correlation between the continuous NF eigenmodes reveals a nontrivial dependence on both the power and propagation distance.","PeriodicalId":145258,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE British and Irish Conference on Optics and Photonics (BICOP)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127188435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}