High-sensitivity, evanescent field refractometric sensor based on a tapered, multimode fiber interference

被引:254
作者
Wang, Pengfei [1 ,2 ]
Brambilla, Gilberto [1 ]
Ding, Ming [1 ]
Semenova, Yuliya [2 ]
Wu, Qiang [2 ]
Farrell, Gerald [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Southampton, Optoelect Res Ctr, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England
[2] Dublin Inst Technol, Sch Elect & Commun Engn, Photon Res Ctr, Dublin 8, Ireland
基金
爱尔兰科学基金会;
关键词
SINGLE-MODE FIBER;
D O I
10.1364/OL.36.002233
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We propose and experimentally demonstrate an enhanced evanescent field fiber refractometer based on a tapered multimode fiber sandwiched between two single-mode fibers. Experiments show that this fiber sensor offers ultra-high sensitivity [better than 1900 nm/RIU at a refractive index (RI) of 1.44] for RI measurements within the range of 1.33-1.44, in agreement with the theoretical predictions. This is the highest value reported to date (to our knowledge) in the literature. (C) 2011 Optical Society of America
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页码:2233 / 2235
页数:3
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