Photonic crystal microring resonators for Raman signal enhancement in NIR spectral range

We report on a compact, on-chip, and inexpensive Raman spectrometer platform that provides 6 orders of magnitude enhancement of Raman signal in the near-IR spectral range of 0.7-1.2μm with a laser excitation of 785 nm. It is based on microring resonators integrated with sinusoidal photonic crystal (MRR-SPC) both in the ring-resonator and in the bus waveguide. A low-loss Si₃N₄ waveguide is chosen to meet the requirements of high index contrast and ultracompact design. The proposed MRR-SPC can find its applications in bio/chemical ware fare sensing, chemical sensing, lab-on-a-chip systems for mobile and portable devices.