%0 Conference Proceedings
%T Photonic integrated circuits for Department of Defense-relevant chemical and biological sensing applications: state-of-the-art and future outlooks
%A Chandrasekar, R.
%A Lapin, Z. J.
%A Nichols, A. S.
%A Braun, R. M.
%A Fountain, A. W.
%S Opt. Eng.
%D 2019
%V 58
%N 02
%@ 0091-3286
%F Chandrasekar_etal2019
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%X Photonic integrated circuits (PICs), the optical counterpart of traditional electronic integrated circuits, are paving the way toward truly portable and highly accurate biochemical sensors for Department of Defense (DoD)-relevant applications. We introduce the fundamentals of PIC-based biochemical sensing and describe common PIC sensor architectures developed to-date for single-identification and spectroscopic sensor classes. We discuss DoD investments in PIC research and summarize current challenges. We also provide future research directions likely required to realize widespread application of PIC-based biochemical sensors. These research directions include materials research to optimize sensor components for multiplexed sensing; engineering improvements to enhance the practicality of PIC-based devices for field use; and the use of synthetic biology techniques to design new selective receptors for chemical and biological agents.
%K photonic integrated circuits
%K PIC
%K optical waveguides
%K defense applications
%R 10.1117/1.OE.58.2.020901
%U https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/journals/optical-engineering/volume-58/issue-02/020901/Photonic-integrated-circuits-for-Department-of-Defense-relevant-chemical-and/10.1117/1.OE.58.2.020901.full
%U https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.58.2.020901
%P 1