Optical
waveguide interferometric sensing device, esp.
biosensor, in photonic integrated circuits apparatus, comprising a
waveguide layer for receiving an optical
signal and propagating said optical
signal in accordance with a predetermined optical
waveguide propagation mode, and a testing medium surface in communication with the waveguide layer and responsive to a testing medium for modifying at least one characteristic of the propagated optical
signal in relation to a given parameter of said testing medium, whereby the modified characteristic of the propagated optical signal is measurable in view of determining the given parameter of said testing medium, wherein said device comprises biosensors, resp. photonic and plasmonic components (101, 102, 111) in specifically designed MZI configurations (101), especially planar plasmonic waveguides (111), which are monolithically integrated in photonic integrated circuits, wherein it comprises Bragg-
grating-based plasmonic waveguides (402, 502, 602, 609), which are co-integrated with photonic waveguides (102, 605, 606), which consist of integrated waveguides, wherein a
slow light mechanism means is incorporated in the device being used with Bragg
diffraction barrier means (602) in order to boost sensitivity to unprecedented levels retaining a short
transducer length, wherein means with a length of photonic waveguide in one MZI
branch are incorporated in the device thereby increasing the
free spectral range (FSR) for improving architectural sensitivity, as well as tailoring means for tailoring the photonic geometry, taking into account a second order dispersion in the plasmo-photonic MZI branches (605, 606). Method therefor.