Perfluorinated Plastic Optical Fiber Tapers for Evanescent Wave Sensing

被引：54

作者：

Gravina, Roberto ^{[1
]}

Testa, Genni ^{[1
]}

Bernini, Romeo ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Res Council CNR, Inst Electromagnet Sensing Environm IREA, I-80124 Naples, Italy

来源：

SENSORS | 2009年 / 9卷 / 12期

关键词：

plastic optical fiber; fiber taper; evanescent sensor; ABSORPTION-SPECTROSCOPY; BIOSENSORS; SENSORS;

D O I：

10.3390/s91210423

中图分类号：

O65 [分析化学];

学科分类号：

070302 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

In this work we describe the fabrication and the characterization of perfluorinated plastic-cladded optical fiber tapers. The heat-and-pull procedure has been used to fabricate symmetric tapers. Devices with different taper ratio have been produced and the repeatability of the process has been verified. The very low refractive indexes of the core-cladding perfluorinated polymers (n = 1.35-1.34) permit a strong enhancement of the evanescent wave power fraction in aqueous environments (n = 1.33), making them very attractive for evanescent wave sensing. The tapers have been characterized carrying out evanescent field absorbance measurements with different concentrations of methylene blue in water and fluorescence collection measurements in an aqueous solution containing Cy5 dye. A good sensitivity, tightly related to the low refractive index of the core-cladding materials and the geometrical profile, has been shown.

引用

页码：10423 / 10433

页数：11

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