Research Progress of Resonance Optical Fiber Sensors Modified by Low-Dimensional Materials

Resonance optical fiber sensors are widely studied for their high sensitivity, small size, and anti-electromagnetic interference. However, traditional resonance optical fiber sensors have encountered bottlenecks in the trace detection due to limited localized field intensity and low molecules affinity. With the development of materials technology, low-dimensional materials such as quantum dots, graphene, and transition metal sulfides have excellent properties such as high carrier mobility, large specific surface area, and flexible structure controllable artificial technologies that can also be used to synthesize new materials with desired characteristics, which can enhance the performance of sensors fundamentally. The introduction of low-dimensional materials can not only achieve the performance optimization of sensors, but also make sensors functional to realize the diversification of detection objects. This paper reviews the research progress of resonance optical fiber sensors based on low-dimensional materials. The detection principle and performance indexes related to resonance optical fiber sensing are elaborated, and resonance optical fiber sensors modified by low-dimensional materials are introduced. Furthermore, the role of low-dimensional materials in resonance fiber sensing is summarized, the direction of performance optimization in the production process of resonance fiber sensors is analyzed, and the future prospect of new resonance optical fiber sensors is given.