Systems and methods for remote optical sensing

A method for emitting light from an optically powered resonant integrated microstructure (O-RIMS) sensor, comprising:

• receiving incident light on an outer surface of a shell of the O-RIMS sensor, the incident light characterized by at least one first wavelength;
• transmitting a first portion of the received incident light through the shell, through a beam, and onto a photodiode;
• in response to transmitting the first portion of the incident light onto the photodiode, generating a charge in the photodiode that attracts the beam such that a motion is induced in the beam to resonate at a resonant frequency;
• transmitting a second portion of the received incident light onto a phosphor embedded in a substrate;
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• emitting light from the phosphor in response to receiving the second portion of the received incident light, the phosphor emitted light characterized by at least one second wavelength.

An optical-based sensor system, comprising:

• an optical sensor, the optical sensor comprising:
• a substrate with a surface and an internal region;
• a shell disposed above the substrate surface, the shell operable to receive incident light emitted by a remote light source, the incident light characterized by at least one first wavelength;
• a beam affixed to an inner surface of the shell;
• a photodiode on the substrate surface below the beam, and in response to receiving a first portion of the incident light, the photodiode is operable to generate a charge that attracts the beam such that a motion is induced in the beam to cause the beam to resonate at a resonant frequency;
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• a phosphor embedded in the substrate internal region and surrounded by the substrate, the phosphor operable to receive a second portion of the incident light and operable to emit light characterized by at least one second wavelength that is different from the first wavelength of the incident light, the phosphor emitted light transmitted through the photodiode, the beam, and the shell;
• a remote light source operable to emit the incident light onto an outer surface of the shell;
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• a remote optical detector that is sensitive to the at least one second wavelength of the phosphor emitted light, and is further operable to generate a signal having information corresponding to a characteristic of the received phosphor emitted light.