Mach-Zehnder interferometer sensor based on the U-shaped probe for concentration sensing

被引:2
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作者
Hu, Xingliu [1 ]
Chuan, Tjin Swee [2 ]
Wang, Yan [3 ]
Fang, Ting [3 ]
机构
[1] Jinling Inst Technol, Coll Intelligent Sci & Control Engn, Nanjing 211169, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
[2] Nanyang Technol Univ, Elect & Elect Engn, Singapore 639798, Singapore
[3] Anhui Univ Technol, Coll Informat & Elect Engn, Maan Shan 243002, Anhui, Peoples R China
来源
OPTIK | 2016年 / 127卷 / 04期
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Sensitivity; Tapered fibre; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; Sensor; Evanescent field; FIELD ABSORPTION SENSOR; FIBER; GRATINGS;
D O I
10.1016/j.ijleo.2015.11.136
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A newly compact bent tapered optical fibre sensor is proposed and demonstrated for the detection of levofloxacin concentration. The structure of micro fibre Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MMZI) is fabricated using a glass processing system, demonstrating a 30 mm-long single mode fibre between two tapered fibres which has a waist diameter of 15 pm and tapering length of 6 mm. A combination of bending and tapering acts as a sensor, which results in high penetration depth of evanescent field. The sensor is sensitive to concentration variation. Upon exposure to Levofloxacin concentrations varying from 50 to 250 ppm, the U-shaped MMZI sensor sensitivity is 21 pm/ppm and a linearity of more than 98.7%, which is about 1.49 fold greater than that of a straight MMZI sensor. In addition, the U-shaped MMZI sensor is very compact in size which make this type of fibre sensor is easily measuring concentration variation in small volume. (C) 2015 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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页码:2183 / 2186
页数:4
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