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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 06, 2022
Applicant:

The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CA;

Inventors:

Lukas Chrostowski, Vancouver, CA;

Sudip Shekhar, Vancouver, CA;

Samantha Grist, Vancouver, CA;

Karen C. Cheung, Vancouver, CA;

Mohammed Ali Al-Qadasi, Vancouver, CA;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/77 (2006.01); G01N 21/39 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/774 (2013.01); G01N 21/39 (2013.01); G01N 21/7746 (2013.01); G01N 2021/7779 (2013.01); G01N 2021/7789 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sensor architecture that uses fixed wavelength light and tunes a wavelength dependent response of a sensor may be used for detecting analytes in a wide range of applications. The sensor architecture is based on optical resonators or interferometers comprising optical waveguides. A resonance wavelength and/or transmission/reflection spectrum are affected by presence of an analyte adsorbed on a surface of the waveguide, and a setting of a phase modulator. The sensors include a sensor portion where part of the waveguide is exposed to a sample for sensing, and a phase modulator part. The phase modulator part may include a heater that is controlled to tune, or sweep, or modulate the resonant wavelength and/or spectrum of the sensor.


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