An optical microcantilever with integrated grating coupler
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2009-06
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CLEO/Europe - EQEC 2009 - European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the European Quantum Electronics Conference
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In this paper, we have fabricated an optical cantilever with an integrated grating coupler. We have used an inexpensive and repeatable method for integrating the grating to the silicon cantilever with a microfabrication compatible process. The sensitivity of the method can be further increased by integrating the detection circuitry onto the cantilever substrate. We believe that this is a promising method for sensing applications which provide a simple yet sensitive measurement technique using microcantilevers.