journal article·2026-06-12Open access

Polymer‐Based Multiparameter Sensing Integrated Photonic Chip for Health Monitoring

Xiaolin Li, Hongqiang Li, Ming Han, Xin Liu, Mingjun Ding, Ziying Niu, Dongyang Liu, Liyuan Yang, Lizhen Zhang, Francisco Hernández‐Ramírez, Lu Cao, Enbang Li

Abstract

ABSTRACT Optical sensors are essential in medical diagnostics and detect variations in light intensity, phase, wavelength, polarization, or interference. However, conventional devices face limitations in multiplexing capability, surface functionalization, and integration. Here, we propose a monolithic integrated poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS)/poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) photonic chip that monolithically integrates two photonic waveguide Bragg grating (WBG) blood glucose sensors, a photonic WBG pressure sensor array, four photonic WBG temperature sensors, a photonic Mach–Zehnder modulator (MZM) electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor, and a photonic Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI) sweat glucose sensor, together with an on–chip arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) demodulation unit. The experimental results demonstrate that the WBG glucose sensor operates stably from 0 to 2.3 mg/mL, the pressure sensor from 0 to 12 kPa, and the temperature sensor from 35 to 41°C. The MZM ECG sensor achieves a half–wave voltage of 1.6 V, with performance comparable to that of commercial systems. The MZI sweat glucose sensor offers a detection range of 0–0.2 mg/mL, a sensitivity of approximately 9.3595 mW/(mg/mL), and high linearity. With a miniature footprint of approximately 1 cm × 0.5 cm, this work offers a robust on‐chip multiparameter sensing solution, paving the way for next–generation wearable continuous health monitoring.
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OpenAlex topics: Photonic and Optical Devices · Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors · Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices

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Affiliations

Tianjin Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Detection Technology and Systems School of Electronics and Information Engineering Tiangong University Tianjin China

Shaoxing Keqiao Research Institute of Tiangong University Shaoxing China

Tianjin Key Laboratory of Intelligent Control of Electrical Equipment School of Control Science and Engineering Tiangong University Tianjin China

Engineering Teaching Practice Training Center Tiangong University Tianjin China

School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Tiangong University Tianjin China

School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Tiangong University Tianjin China

Department of Electronics and Biomedical Engineering Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona Spain

Worldsensing Barcelona Spain

Chest Hospital Tianjin University Tianjin China

Center for Medical Radiation Physics University of Wollongong Wollongong New South Wales Australia

School of Physics Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences University of Wollongong Wollongong New South Wales Australia

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China

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