[pt] Nesta dissertação foram discutidos os resultados obtidos com um interferômetro Fabry-Perot intrínseco (FPI) a fibra óptica, para sensoriamento de deformação longitudinal, temperatura e campo magnético. O FPI foi construído através da emenda de uma fibra capilar entre dois pedaços de fibra padrão de telecomunicação, formando uma cavidade de ar retangular. Esta cavidade, quando atua como um sensor de deformação longitudinal, possui uma sensibilidade nove vezes maior que uma típica rede de Bragg (FBG). Porém, quando atua como sensor de temperatura, a sensibilidade é bem menor que a de uma rede de Bragg, tornando-se bastante útil para diversas aplicações. O sensor de campo magnético foi construído através da colagem da cavidade de ar num material magnetostrictivo, para que este convertesse as mudanças causadas em seu comprimento, devido à aplicação do campo magnético, em deformação longitudinal. Este sensor apresentou uma sensibilidade ao campo magnético quatro vezes maior do que quando o mesmo é construído com uma rede de Bragg. / [en] This thesis discusses the results obtained with an intrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) fiber, for sensing longitudinal strain, temperature and magnetic field. The FPI was constructed by splicing a capillary fiber between two pieces of standard telecommunication fiber, forming a rectangular air cavity. This cavity, when acting as a longitudinal deformation sensor has a sensitivity nine times greater than a typical Bragg grating (FBG). However, when it acts as a temperature sensor, the sensitivity is much smaller than a Bragg grating, making it useful for various applications. The magnetic field sensor was built placing the air cavity on a magnetostrictive material, so that it converted the changes brought in its length due to the application of the magnetic field in longitudinal deformation. The sensor showed a sensitivity to the magnetic field four times higher than when it is built with a Bragg grating.

L’équipe Physique des Galaxies du Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille a développé un nouveau type d'interféromètre de Fabry-Perot, équipé de trois actionneurs piézoélectriques amplifiés et de trois capteurs capacitifs permettant le contrôle de l'espacement et du parallélisme des lames de verres de l'ordre de 200 µm avec une précision de positionnement du nm.L'objectif visé de ce manuscrit, composé de 3 parties, est le pilotage de cet interféromètre. La première partie, composée des chapitres 1 et 2, présente les généralités sur l'interférométrie de Fabry-Perot puis décrit les instruments 3DNTT et BTFI où seront installés l'interféromètre de nouvelle génération et son contrôleur associé. La conception et la réalisation d'un amplificateur hybride en vue de la réduction des non-linéarités des actionneurs piézoélectriques mettent fin à cette partie.La deuxième partie, chapitres 3 et 4, décrit le développement et la réalisation du contrôleur. Pour cela, une démarche basée sur le concept du Co-design a été adoptée.Le contrôleur ainsi réalisé est composé d'une carte de développement Microzed dont le cœur est un système sur puce de la série Zynq 7000 EPP et d'une carte d'interfaçage comportant des convertisseurs 3 ADC et 3 DAC et des circuits d'alimentation. La troisième et dernière partie, chapitres 5 et 6, traite de la modélisation d'état de l’interféromètre de Fabry-Perot et de son contrôle : un contrôle classique basé sur la régulation PID et un contrôle robuste et optimal basé sur le filtrage de KALMAN. Cette dernière partie conclut sur les perspectives pouvant découler des contributions de ce travail sur le contrôle et la commande Fabry-Perot. / The Physics of Galaxies Team of Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM) has developed a new type of Fabry-Perot, with three amplified piezoelectric actuators and three capacitive sensors to control the spacing and parallelism of mirror plates of approximately 200 µm with a positioning accuracy of 3 nm.The purpose of this manuscript, consisting of 3 parts is the control of this interferometer.The first part, consisting of Chapters 1 and 2 presents the general interferometry Fabry-Perot and then describes 3DNTT and BTFI instruments which will be installed the next generation interferometer and its associated controller. The design and implementation of a hybrid amplifier to reduce non-linearities of the piezoelectric actuators (hysteresis and creep) end this first part.The second part, Chapters 3 and 4, describes the development and implementation of the controller.For this, an approach based on codesign concept was adopted. The thus achieved controller consists of a Microzed development board whose heart is a system on chip of the 7000 series Zynq EPP (FPGA + Dual-Core ARM Cortex A9) and an interface card with converters (3 ADC and 3 DAC) and power supply circuits.For the finalization of the controller, two steps are necessary: hardware design in Xilinx Vivado and software design in Xilinx SDK.The third and final section, chapters 5 and 6 deals with the Fabry-Perot space-state modeling and its control: a classic control based on PID control and a robust and optimal control based on KALMAN filtering. This last part concludes the outlook may result from contributions of this work on the monitoring and control of the Fabry-Perot.

Ce travail porte sur l'étude de propriétés optiques des fluides à échelle micrométrique. A cet effet, nous avons conçu, réalisé et étudié différents types de micro-résonateurs optofluidiques, sous forme de laboratoires sur puce. Notre analyse est fondée sur la modélisation analytique et numérique, ainsi que sur des mesures expérimentales menées sur des micro-cavités optiques; nous utilisons l'une d'entre elles pour des applications de réfractométrie de fluides homogènes et de fluides complexes ainsi que pour la localisation par piégeage optique de microparticules solides. Nous nous sommes d'abord concentrés sur l'étude d'une nouvelle forme de micro-cavité Fabry-Pérot basée sur des miroirs courbes entre lesquels est inséré un tube capillaire permettant la circulation d'une solution liquide. Les résultats expérimentaux ont démontré la capacité de ce dispositif à être utilisé comme réfractomètre avec un seuil de détection de 1,9 × 10-4 RIU pour des liquides homogènes. De plus, pour un liquide contenant des particules solides, la capacité de contrôler la position des microparticules, par des effets de piégeage optique ou de liaison optique, a été démontrée avec succès. Dans un second temps, un résonateur optique est formé simplement à partir d'une goutte de liquide disposée sur une surface super-hydrophobe. La forme quasi-sphérique résultante est propice à des modes de galerie. Il est démontré que, jusqu'à des tailles de gouttelettes millimétriques, la technique de couplage en espace libre est toujours en mesure d'accéder à ces modes à très faible queue évanescente d'interaction, contrairement à ce qu'indiquait jusqu'ici la littérature. De tels résonateurs optofluidiques à gouttelette devraient trouver leur application notamment comme capteur d'environnement de l'air ambiant ou encore comme incubateur de micro-organismes vivants pouvant être suivis par voie optique / This work focuses on the study of optical properties of fluids at the micrometer scale. To this end, we designed, implemented and studied different types of optofluidic micro- resonators in the Lab-on-Chip format. Our analysis is based on analytical and numerical modeling, as well as experimental measurements conducted on optical microcavities; we use one of them for refractometry applications on homogeneous fluids and on complex fluids, as well as for the localization of solid microparticles by optical trapping. We first focused on the study of a new form of Fabry-Perot micro-cavity based on curved mirrors between which a capillary tube is inserted for injecting a fluidic solution. Experimental results demonstrated the ability of this device to be used as a refractometer with a detection limit of 1.9 × 10-4 RIU for homogeneous liquids. Furthermore, for liquid containing solid particles, the ability to control the microparticles position either by optical trapping or optical binding effects has been successfully demonstrated. In a second step, an optical resonator is simply formed from a liquid droplet placed on top of a superhydrophobe surface. The resulting quasi-spherical shape supports resonant whispering gallery modes. It is shown that, up to millimeter size droplets, the proposed technique of free-space coupling of light is still able to access these modes with very low evanescent tail interaction, contrary to what was indicated in the literature so far. Such optofluidic droplet resonators are expected to find their applications for environmental air quality monitoring, as well as for incubator of living micro-organisms that can be monitored optically

Depuis plusieurs années, le département Temps-Fréquence de l’institut FEMTO-ST mène une étude sur le comportement des résonateurs à ondes acoustiques de volume à énergie piégée dans des cristaux à quartz à température cryogénique, typiquement proche de 4 K. Les performances en termes de coefficient de qualité mécanique relevé à ces températures, plusieurs milliards à quelques dizaines de MHz, font des cavités acoustiques en quartz de bons candidats pour des sources de fréquences cryogéniques ultrastables.Les travaux présentés dans ce manuscrit s’inscrivent dans la continuité de ce programme d’étude. Ils visent à consolider l’intérêt du quartz mais aussi à envisager des solutions alternatives à base de matériaux à très faibles pertes acoustiques mais non piézoélectriques pour lesquels l’excitation optique est une alternative crédible. Les présents travaux peuvent être résumés en trois parties majeures :- La première partie a été réalisée dans le but de déterminer une coupe de quartz possédant un point d’inversion sur sa caractéristique fréquence-température aux températures cryogéniques. La seule régulation de température du résonateur d’une source de fréquence ultrastable est en effet insuffisante sans l’existence d’un tel point qui doit servir de point de fonctionnement à la régulation thermique. La recherche d’une coupe compensée a nécessité une campagne préliminaire de mesure des coefficients de température des coefficients élastiques du matériau, inconnus à basses températures. Il a alors été possible, à partir de la connaissance de ces coefficients, d’identifier par le calcul puis de réaliser une coupe remplissant les conditions recherchées.- La seconde partie a pour objectif de faire la preuve de concept consistant à utiliser une cavité acoustique en quartz en cavité optique. Dans sa version de base, le résonateur à quartz à onde de volume piégée est plan-convexe (pour assurer le piégeage) et à électrodes (métalliques pour assurer l’excitation électrique !) déposées sur chacune de ses faces. Il est démontré, théoriquement et expérimentalement, qu’une telle géométrie fonctionne en cavité optique, avec son avantage de simplicité mais avec ses limites. Cette structure de base doit être mise à profit pour le couplage optomécanique abordé en troisième partie et constitue le socle de conception de dispositifs optomécaniques plus performants.- La troisième partie est consacrée à l’évaluation de la pertinence du couplage optomécanique de tels dispositifs fonctionnant à température cryogénique. Une étude portant sur la quantification théorique du couplage optomécanique que peut atteindre une telle cavité a été réalisée. / For a few years, the Time and Frequency department in FEMTO-ST Insitute has been leading research about the behavior of Bulk Acoustic Wave (BAW) trapped in quartz crystal at cryogenic temperatures (near 4K).The measured quality factor are around a few billions at few tens of MHz for such temperatures. Acoustical quartz cavities are therefore good candidates for ultrastable cryogenic frequency sources. The work presented here is in the natural continuation of the research cited above. They aim at strenghtening the interest for quartz crystal, but also to consider alternative solutions with non-piezoelectric material with very-low acoustical losses, for which optical excitation is an option. The following work can be summed up in three main parts:- The first part is about the determination of a quartz crystal cut for which a turnover point exists in the frequency-temperature curve in the cryogenic region. Indeed, it is not enough to barely control the temperature in an ultrastable frequency source. Such a turnover point needs to be the operation point for thermal regulation. Searching a compensated cut arose the need for a preliminary measurements campaign of thermal coefficients of elastics coefficients of the material, which were unknown at low temperature. It was then possible, based on these coefficients, to calculate and even realize a cut fulfilling the required condition.- The second part had the objective to demonstrate conceptually that using a quartz acoustical cavity as an optical cavity was feasible. In its basic scheme, a BAW quartz resonator is plano-convex (to ensure the trapping of the acoustic wave) and has electrodes (metal-made to ensure electrical excitation) deposited on each face. It has been demonstrated, both theoretically and experimentally, that such a geometry works fine as an optical cavity, with its corresponding advantages and limitations. This scheme is used for the optomechanical coupling discussed in the third part and constitutes the very base for more efficient optomechanical devices.- The third part is dedicated to the evaluation of how efficient will such devices be while functioning at cryogenic temperature. A theoretical quantification of the optomechanical coupling that these cavities might reach is also presented.

In the past decades, the miniaturization in optics led to new devices with structural sizes in the range of the light wavelength, where the photonic modes are con- fined and the number of states is limited. In the smallest microcavities, i.e. micrometer sized optical resonators, the propagation of only one mode is permitted that is simultaneously amplified internally. This particularly strong enhancement of the electric field is directly related to the quality factor of the cavity. By introducing an optical dipole into a high-Q microcavity, the spontaneous emission is amplified at the cavity mode frequency enabling stimulated emission in an inverted system. Although some of theses cavity e®ects can only be understood by quantum elec- trodynamic theory, most mechanisms are accessible by classical and semi-classical approaches. In this thesis, one-dimensional planar microcavities with quality factors up to 4500 have been fabricated by physical vapor deposition of dielectric thin films and organic active materials. A new cavity design based on anisotropic dielectric mirrors grown by oblique angle deposition microcavities with two energetically shifted orthogonally polarized modes is presented. The application of these anisotropic structures for terahertz di®erence signal generation is demonstrated in spectrally and time resolved transmission experiments, where optical beats with repetition rates in the terahertz range are observed. Optically pumped organic vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) have been realized by applying an organic solid state laser compound and high reflectance distributed Bragg reflectors. These lasers combine a very low laser threshold with small beam divergence and good stability. A transfer of the anisotropic design towards an organic VCSEL results in the generation of two perpendicularly polarized laser modes with a splitting adjustable by the fabrication conditions. The observation of an oscillation of two laser modes in a photomixing experiment proves a phase coupling mechanism. This demonstrates the potential of the anisotropic cavity design for a passive or active component in a terahertz radiation source or frequency generator. Furthermore, microcavities with two and three coupled resonators are investigated. By the application of time-resolved transmission experiments, spatial oscil- lations of the internal electric field - photonic Bloch oscillations - are successfully demonstrated. In combination with the anisotropic microcavities, this is a second concept for the modulation of transmitted light with terahertz frequencies. All experiments are accompanied by numerical or analytical models. Transmission experiments of continuously incident light and single laser pulses are compared with transfer matrix simulations and Fourier transform based approaches. For the modeling of emission experiments, a plane wave expansion method is successfully used. For the analysis of the organic VCSEL dynamics, we apply a set of rate equations that explains the gain switching process.

Realising Si-based electrically driven light emitters in a process technology compatible with mainstream microelectronics CMOS technology is key requirement for the implementation of low-cost Si-based optoelectronics and thus one of the big challenges of semiconductor technology. This work has focused on the development of microcavity enhanced silicon LEDs (MCLEDs), including their design, fabrication, and experimental as well as theoretical analysis. As a light emitting layer the abrupt pn-junction of a Si diode was used, which was fabricated by ion implantation of boron into n-type silicon. Such forward biased pn-junctions exhibit room-temperature EL at a wavelength of 1138 nm with a reasonably high power efficiency of 0.1%. Two MCLEDs emitting light at the resonant wavelength about 1150 nm were demonstrated: a) 1-lambda MCLED with the resonator formed by 90 nm thin metallic CoSi2 mirror at the bottom and semitransparent distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) on the top; b) 5.5-lambda MCLED with the resonator formed by high reflecting DBR at the bottom and semitransparent top DBR. Using the appoach of the 5.5-lambda MCLED with two DBRs the extraction efficiency is enhanced by about 65% compared to the silicon bulk pn-junction diode.

[pt] No presente trabalho, demonstramos o uso de fibras de cristais fotônicos (PCF) em diferentes configurações para sensoriamento. Investigamos o uso de fibras PCF com alta birrefringência para sensoriamento de pressão hidrostática e deformação, explorando a baixa dependência térmica. Onde a interferência entre os modos que se propagam em uma fibra birrefringente é analisada. Monitoramos o deslocamento do padrão de interferência do espectro de reflexão, com a variação da pressão ou deformação aplicada à fibra. Demonstramos uma técnica de criar cavidades Fabry-Perot dentro de uma fibra óptica, bem como uma técnica para controlar seu comprimento, e consequentemente, o período das franjas no padrão de interferência no espectro de reflexão. O interferômetro Fabry-Perot (FPI) investigado, possuí um altíssimo contraste nas franjas do padrão de interferência, acima dos 30 dB, sendo no momento, o recorde para o valor do contraste das franjas para FPI silica-ar. O dispositivo foi investigado quanto à resposta a deformação. Um robusto encapsulamento foi feito, possibilitando investigar a resposta do dispositivo à vibração externa. Um estudo da relação da sensibilidade com o comprimento do FPI é também investigado. Construímos um outro interferômetro a partir de um pedaço de fibra PCF e de duas regiões de colapso de suas micro-estruturas. Estas regiões permitem a excitação e recombinação dos modos da fibra. Um dos modos que participa da interferência, é o modo de casca da fibra PCF, o qual é sensível a mudança de índice de refração do meio. O dispositivo apresenta contraste acima dos 40 dB, e é investigado quanto à resposta as mudanças de índices de refração do meio externo em contato com a fibra. Com a mesma montagem, funcionalizamos um pedaço de 2,0 cm de PCF para monitoramento de respiração humana. A partir disso, desenvolvemos um dispositivo capaz de monitorar a respiração do ser humano. / [en] In this work, we have demonstrated the use of Photonic Crystal Fiber (PCF), in different configurations, for sensing applications. The high birefringence and low temperature dependence characteristics of the PCF were explored for sensing hydrostatic pressure and deformation in a reflection configuration. Sensing was based on the analysis of the interference patterns between the modes that propagate in the birefringent fiber under the variation of pressure and deformation applied to the fiber. We have also demonstrated a technique to manufacture a Fabry-Perot Interferometer (FPI) cavity within an optical fiber with control of the cavity length and thus the control of the period of the fringes in the interference pattern. The Fabry-Perot Interferometer investigated presented a very high fringe contrast, above 30 dB, and showed a record value of the contrast of the fringes for FPI silica-air. The FPI device integrated within the fiber was tested as a strain sensor and also as a device to monitor vibration. A study of the relative sensitivity of the length of the FPI was also investigated. Another interferometer was built from a piece of standard fiber and a PCF with two regions of collapsed microstructures. These regions allowed the excitation and recombination of the fiber modes. This device was tested as a refractive index sensor, presenting a fringe contrast above 40 dB. An application of this device was the development of a humid sensor to monitor human breathing.

La maladie de Fabry est une maladie génétique lysosomale causée par une mutation dans le gène GLA codant pour la protéine alpha-galactosidase A. Cette déficience a pour effet de mener à l’accumulation de plusieurs métabolites dans les liquides biologiques et différents organes. Les patients présentent, entre autres, de l’acroparesthésie, des angiokératomes, des problèmes ophtalmologiques, ainsi que des problèmes rénaux, cardiaques et du système nerveux central pouvant mener à une mort prématurée, si le patient n’est pas traité. Afin de permettre un dépistage, un diagnostic et un suivi adéquat des patients, plusieurs biomarqueurs spécifiques à la maladie sont utilisés. Présentement, le dépistage à haut risque est fait à l’aide du globotriaosylcéramide (Gb[indice inférieur 3]), du globotriaosylsphingosine (lyso- Gb[indice inférieur 3]) et de ses analogues. Toutefois, il arrive que ces biomarqueurs ne soient pas retrouvés en quantité élevée chez certains patients, d’où l’intérêt de continuer les investigations pour trouver d'autres biomarqueurs qui seraient plus spécifiques face à la sévérité et à la progression de la maladie. Une récente étude métabolomique effectuée par spectrométrie de masse en temps de vol a mis en évidence la présence de plusieurs biomarqueurs qui n’avaient pas encore été identifiés chez les patients Fabry. Parmi ceux-ci, se trouve une classe de biomarqueurs appelés les isoformes méthylés du Gb[indice inférieur 3] (masse/charge (m/z): 1150, 1148, 1122, 1120, 1094, 1066, and 1038). Ceux-ci présentent un intérêt particulier puisqu'ils semblent faire partie de la voie métabolique entre le Gb[indice inférieur 3] et le lyso-Gb[indice inférieur 3]. Les objectifs de ce projet sont donc: 1) de développer et de valider une méthode d’analyse quantitative des isoformes méthylés et non-méthylés du Gb[indice inférieur 3] et de la créatinine urinaire par spectrométrie de masse en tandem; 2) de doser ces biomarqueurs sur une large cohorte de patients atteints de la maladie de Fabry et de contrôles sains; 3) de comparer la concentration des isoformes méthylés du Gb[indice inférieur 3] urinaire avec la concentration de Gb[indice inférieur 3] non- méthylés et; 4) d’identifier s’il y a des corrélations entre lesdits biomarqueurs quantifiés et l’âge, le sexe, le traitement et le génotype des patients. Une méthode de quantification par spectrométrie de masse en tandem a été développée et validée, en multiplex avec la créatinine urinaire. En plus d’avoir le potentiel d’aider au dépistage à haut risque, ces biomarqueurs ont permis d’établir des corrélations avec la réponse au traitement et nos résultats montrent qu’ils sont anormalement excrétés chez les patients portant la mutation à variante cardiaque p.N215S, pour qui les niveaux de Gb[indice inférieur 3] non-méthylés sont habituellement normaux.

Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) devices are designed based on the electro-optic (EO) activities of nonlinear optical (NLO) polymer materials for tunable optical filters (TOFs) and spatial light modulators (SLMs). The performance of the EO polymer based FPI devices is theoretically modeled with first order approximation on the FPI cavity interface phase dispersion. NLO materials including TCBD coupled hybrid sol-gel, AJL8/amorphous polycarbonate (APC), and AJLS102/APC are incorporated in FPI structures with distributed Bragg reflector mirrors and transparent conducting oxide electrodes for TOFs. High finesse (over 200), low drive voltage (10 dB isolation ratio with 5 V), and fast settling time (about sub-millisecond) are achieved. The physical origin of the large tunabilities is explored and the contributions from EO effect and inverse piezoelectric effect are analyzed. EO polymer SWOHF3ME/APC is employed in FPI devices with simplified structures for SLMs. Modulation beyond megahertz level is achieved with constant modulation ratio from DC frequency to high operation speed. The operation speed can be potentially over gigahertz with improved device and drive circuit design. When the EO polymer based SLM is configured to work at near the resonance band of the NLO material, the spectral tunability is increased due to resonance enhanced EO activity and the SLM performance is significantly improved. The EO polymer based FPI devices can be further optimized and are promising candidates for many optoelectronic applications.

No presente trabalho, investigamos algumas propriedades e aplicações para imagens de diferença de polarização (PDI\'s) propondo dois sistemas de aquisição destas imagens como alternativas à arquitetura proposta por Tyo (1996). O primeiro sistema aqui abordado faz uso de duas câmeras e dois polarizadores para a obtenção de PDI\'s. A redundância, em termos de elementos de aquisição de imagens, visa suprir uma deficiência do sistema supracitado, qual seja a sua impossibilidade de operar em tempo real. O segundo projeto propõe a utilização de filtros polarizadores baseados em implementações de estruturas Fabry-Perot utilizando-se filmes finos birrefringentes de TiOx, como elemento principal de um dispositivo que possa ser produzido na forma de um microssistema integrado de aquisição de imagens completamente compatível com as tecnologias de produção CMOS disponíveis hoje em dia. Dadas as possibilidades envolvendo esse último projeto, definimos como objetivo principal deste trabalho a obtenção de filtros polarizadores baseados em tecnologia de filmes finos birrefringentes, que foram obtidos por deposição física num equipamento de Sputtering DC. Na etapa de análise dos dados, foram feitas caracterizações ópticas (espectrofotometria) e RBS tanto dos filtros finais quanto dos filmes de TiOx, que foram ensaiados previamente para a extração de parâmetros necessários para o projeto dos filtros de interferência. Conclui-se o trabalho comprovando a possibilidade de se obter filtros polarizadores que possam ser utilizados em sistemas integrados de aquisição de imagens, mas ressalva-se que o equipamento de Sputtering DC empregado não é o ideal para essa aplicação, sugerindo-se o uso de equipamentos capazes de monitorar espessura e índices de refração durante o processo de deposição dos filmes (um exemplo seria um sistema de deposição por e-beam acoplado a um elipsômetro de transmitância) / In the present work, it was investigated some properties and applications for polarization-difference images (PDI\'s), what led us to the proposition of two acquisition systems for such images as alternatives to the architecture proposed by Tyo (1996). The first system here discussed uses two cameras and two polarizers in the attainment of PDI\'s. The image elements redundancy is supposed to overcome a deficiency of the above-mentioned system that is its inability to operate in real time. The second project proposes the use of polarizing filters based on Fabry-Perot structures obtained with birefringent thin films of TiOx. Such filters are the key elements in a device that can be implemented as an integrated microsystem, fully compatible with the CMOS production technologies, available nowadays. Given the possibilities associated with this last project, it was defined as the main goal of this work, the attainment of polarizing filters based on birefringent thin films technology, physically deposited by a DC Sputtering equipment. During the phase of data analysis, it was carried out optical characterizations (spectrofotometry) as well as RBS analysis, both for the filters itself and for the TiOx films, that were previously investigated in order to determine the required parameters for the design of the interference filters. This work is concluded by proving the possibility of using polarizing filters in integrated image acquisition systems, but a remark ismade stating that the employed equipment is not the ideal one for such applications and it is suggested the use of deposition set up capable to monitor thickness and refractive indexes during the run (an example would be an e-beam equipment connected to a transmittance ellipsometer).